RAZORED ZEN

Well I received a nice bit of recognition over on The Rising Blogger . My post "A Dream of Fire" was named "Post of the Day....

Yesterday I posted some rejections from my past. Today I have current news. Dreams and Nightmares accepted a poem from me called "B...

I was converting some old REHupa (Robert E. Howard United Press Association) files into new Word and found some commentary that brought back...

Sometimes in my dreams I’m myself or some variant of myself. And whatever happens to that character is happening to me. Sometimes, though,...

Lana and I took a midnight walk last night under the full moon at the Flatwoods Preserve. It was light enough to see colors up close, but a...

I hear it often from writers and editors. A genre has to evolve. I have to ask why? First, evolution is a poor analogy for literature. Th...

Both the Church Lady and Shauna Roberts have nominated me for A Roar for Powerful Words! and I am grateful and very much appreciative of t...

For those of you who have some familiarity with Heroic Fantasy (Sword & Sorcery and Sword & Planet), have you ever noticed how many ...

As a supporter of all things “Sword and Planet,” or “Interplanetary Romance,” if you prefer, I must refer you to the The Perils on Planet X ...

I just finished reading Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH and greatly enjoyed it. The book ends with some of the rats having escaped into a...

I’ve been tagged by Danette to name five random things about myself. In keeping with my general policy, I will obey the commands of the t...

I just gave my final, final exam this morning at 8:00, and now the grading begins. Why am I taking the time to blog then some of you may wo...

Oh, those pesky vampires. Blood suckers extraordinaire. The first vampires in literature were evil. But over time vampires took on more an...

I was glancing out the front window a moment ago when I saw a tiny cloud of pale objects come floating to earth in our driveway. A few of t...

The "Green Thing" in the previous picture is a young pine tree, but I'm not sure of what subspecies. It really looks like a p...

I'm off school today. No grading to do right at the moment. Washing a load of clothes and cleaning up around the house a bit today, an...

One reason why I find it more difficult to write poetry these days has to do with my inner emotional state. The problem is that I’m basical...

I’ve been working with poetry for the last two days. When I’m away from it for a while I always forget how hard it is, how frustrating. It...

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately. I’m gearing up for final classes and final exams, and haven’t been feeling very well on top of that. M...

I’ve finished a big nonfiction project that I was working on, and before starting the next one on my list I’m going to take a bit of a break...