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Most of the poets I know are academics, and sometimes I forget that poetry can come from anyone, anywhere, at anytime. Mark Durfee, AKA The...

My classes are fairly small this year, which is nice for a change, allowing me to do more in-class discussion. The reason behind the small ...

There’s a famous quote from Stephen King which says something like: “I consider terror to be the finest emotion, and so I will try to terri...

First, thanks to Sage for his insightful review of Write With Fire . Much appreciated. The book is getting a fair number of reviews, so f...

Gary at the Tainted Archive tagged me with this and I was in just the mood to play. Before I do, though, two quick comments. 1. Rick over...

First, thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. And thanks to everyone who suggested possibilities for the books I mentioned there...

In past days my record keeping on my books was not always as disciplined as it is today. I know, I'm very very bad. Lana will have to ...

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes is out . If you’re wondering why I’m telling you this, it's because 1) I like zombies a lot, and 2...

One thing I worry about as a writer is first impressions. And I'm not talking about the impression one makes when you first meet someon...

I’ve done exactly zero writing in the past three days. That’s not like me but I just have not been able to get going. Each time I sit down...

Well, Lana had surgery this morning but she came through with flying colors. She's been sleeping all day and I'm sure she'll be...

Most book lovers I know have at least some rather obscure writers they read, and obscure works they’d like to own. There’s no doubt that th...

I learned of an interesting anthology opportunity over on Women of Mystery for what is called “Hint Fiction.” The definition, as given on ...

Well, the Negatonians among us often seem to have 364 days a year to themselves, so why not one day for the Positonians. Welcome to Positiv...

Traditionally, Hollywood hasn’t done a very good job of creating believable aliens. Much as I like the original Star Trek , for example, it...

Thanks so much to everyone for the overwhelming support for Write With Fire . I really appreciate everyone putting the word out. I’ve bee...

The fried chicken is in the bucket. Now I can talk about it. 2009 marks my 20th year as a writer. During that time I haven’t gotten famou...

To the Left: Cylons Versus Stargate SG1 ----- I’m back from Babel Con, although I’m pretty tired and not back in normal blogging mode yet. ...

Many of you know that I'm active on Goodreads . It's a place to record and review the books you read, and to make contact with othe...

Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) , the creator of Conan the Cimmerian, of Solomon Kane, and Kull of Valusia, wrote of having been born out of hi...