Writing elsewhere roundup

Not too much action here at the old homepage (though it looks like I may have sold a story I thought would never sell -- stay tuned) but I have had some short essays I wrote posted elsewhere. First off is my essay "Away From Paris," about what SF and fantasy can do that other genres can't, which appears in CZP's Speculations blog, followed by "This Space Intentionally Left Blank," at the Bundoran Press blog, which is about remembering to leave things out of your writing.