Michael Livingston

Oct

31

A Medievalist’s Life: Maccabean Martyrs

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I’ve been scarce around here the past week. I know that. But, well, I’m in the homestretch of my work on The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament, and I’m trying hard to finish it up so I can move on to one of the other dozen projects begging for attention.
Just so you […]

Oct

23

New Story in Paradox

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Fresh on the heels of the Paradox preview a few weeks ago, a thick manila envelope showed up in the mail today: four (4) complimentary copies of the newest issue, featuring my Civil War tale “The Angel of Marye’s Heights” (and payment for same).
Until I held it in my hands, I had a hard time […]

Oct

20

This Doesn’t Happen Out West

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I like living in Charleston. I really do. Except, well, sometimes things happen here that are un-friggin-natural. Case in point:
Yesterday was a long day teaching after a long week of same. So I spent much of my late afternoon plopped on the couch in my teachin’ uniform, playing Madden to unwind. […]

Oct

16

Did You Know?

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My parents put me on to this little movie, originally put together by Karl Fisch, the director of technology for a Colorado high school. It’s a simple presentation, providing a few basic facts about what our world is and what it will soon be. It isn’t political. It’s practical.
Watch it. Encourage others to do so.

Some […]

Oct

14

Grading to the Rockies

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I’m trying to grade papers this evening, but the need to look at the unfolding NLCS game 3 on MLB.com every few seconds is seriously slowing me down. Or perhaps it is comically doing so. Or ironically. I don’t know.
Go Rockies!
I’m wondering if I could abandon the Frenchie beret I’m required to wear as part […]

Oct

10

Fiction Submission Games

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Every now and then it occurs to me how utterly ineffective I am at keeping my fiction “out there” (by which I mean on the market, not “in left field,” since there’s little doubt I do well at the latter).
I have, at the moment, over a dozen short stories just sitting on my hard drive. […]

Oct

6

Back from SEMA

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I just returned from a long, internet-free weekend spent in Spartanburg, SC at the SEMA Conference. Met many old friends, made several new ones, and heard some great papers. My own presentation was well received, as were those of the two undergraduates I dragged along. I’m very proud that they more than stood their own […]

Oct

2

Paradox Preview

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I just received an email from Christopher M. Cevasco, Editor/Publisher of Paradox Magazine, announcing that he just launched a new look website for the magazine. You can check it out here:
http://www.paradoxmag.com/
The website is quite striking, and I was glad to see the improvements he made. Even more, I was glad to see that my […]