Archive - The Misenchanted Newsletter

Unfinished Essay #2: Anthologies

From a long-ago online discussion among writers on why there were so many not-very-good theme anthologies on the bookstore shelves in the late 1990s:

Jun 25 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Misenchanted Newsletter #190: Back in the USA

Yeah, I know it’s been more than a month since my last newsletter; sorry about that.

Jun 13 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

May 2025

Unfinished Essay #1

On the Purpose of Playing Poker

May 17 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Misenchanted Newsletter #189: A Hop, Skip, and a Jump

Last month I mentioned stumbling across a historical incident I wanted to include in Tom Derringer & the Sinister Statue, and a few different ways I…

May 2 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

April 2025

What Is Science Fiction For?

Back in the 1980s sometime I was invited to speak at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s monthly meeting.

Apr 16 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Misenchanted Newsletter #188: Complications

Despite a vacation and other distractions, I’ve made progress on Tom Derringer & the Sinister Statue, though less than I’d like.

Apr 1 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

March 2025

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At the Time

In the back of my nonfiction collection Mind Candy I included a piece called “Essays That Didn’t Happen,” which was exactly what it said it was — a…

Mar 15 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Misenchanted Newsletter #187: Inching Forward

I’m not writing a lot lately, but I am writing.

Mar 3 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

February 2025

Rayguns, Elves, & the Walking Dead: Genres

This is the last material from the column I wrote for Novelists Inc.

Feb 15 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

January 2025

The Misenchanted Newsletter #186: Busy but Not Very Productive

The end of the month is upon us, so it’s newsletter time.

Jan 31 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

Writing Across the Border

An unpublished answer I started writing for Quora but never finished.

Jan 22 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

December 2024

The Misenchanted Newsletter #185: Goodbye 2024

This morning was foggy here — so foggy I couldn’t see the other side of the harbor, and the ferries were just vague shapes in the gray.

Dec 31, 2024 •

Lawrence Watt-Evans

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