RAZORED ZEN

Overlooked books? I’ve thought this was a very cool meme/endeavor since I first saw it, and today I was reminded of it by Lisa over at Eudo...

I’m being a bit lazy on the blogging front today. I worked well yesterday and made good progress on the new Taleran book. I’m really start...

Well, I found out on Sphinx Ink’s blog that Robert Asprin died on Thursday, May 22 at his home in the French Quarter here in New Orleans. ...

I’ve been reading (slowly) a collection called The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9 , edited by Arthur W. Saha. This was published in 1983 by...

I just finished reading John Lennon and the Mercy St. Café by the blogosphere’s own William Hammett , who is better known here as Billy. A...

A combination of my writing group’s meeting last night and the book I’m currently reading got me started thinking about how writers convey c...

I'm spending most of the day helping Lana with an art show today so here's a quick post. I should get back to some writing stuff ea...

Many of you know that James Frey, the fellow who parlayed a fake memoir into fame and wealth, has a new book out. It's ranked at 33 on ...

Seems like quite a few folks have been posting plays lately so here is my entry. I call it: How a Cowboy Picks up a Lady: A Play. Cowboy...

I just finished a very good book by S. M. Stirling called In the Courts of the Crimson Kings . This is actually a newly released Sword and ...

I’ve been tagged for the Six Quirks about me meme by Lisa over at Eudaemonia . I’ve given away quite a few of my weirdities before, includi...

Now that grades are in my mind has finally been able to turn toward writing, but I’m largely in the pre-writing phase at the moment. I’ve ...

I was in the comic book store the other day, my first time in probably twelve years, to order Femme Noir by Christopher Mills . While ther...

Just a reminder that I'll be hanging out mostly on Christine Eldin's blog today. She's having her Author's Week this week ...

I gave another final yesterday. Yes, on Saturday , and got those grades turned in last night. One more test to go, on Monday, and I'll...

Despite my last post about learning from bad books, I’ve been reading good books lately. I just finished two worth mentioning. The first i...

Even as a kid I loved telling stories, to myself if not to others. But I first thought of becoming a writer in my late teens (17, 18) and o...

The slaughter at the desk is over. For the moment . Slowly, the academic warrior lowers his mighty pen while around him pools of red (ink)...

It’s getting close to semester’s end here. And close to graduation. Some seniors are starting to panic; everyone is a little tense, includ...

I heard about a study this morning conducted in England that says that about 10 percent of all the words we say each day are meaningless fil...