Thursday, October 25, 2012

A Story of Kindness

On facebook, a friend of mine named Christopher Golden posted about a very negative event that happened to a veteran in a wheelchair a...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Growing a Character

I see a scene in my head. It goes something like this: The last Danok lies dying at the warrior's feet, it's silver blood soaking ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Mouse that Got Even

When Josh was little he had quite a few stuffed animals and all of them had names and personalities. Josh generally gave them the names; I ...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

To Newsletter or Not

I’m considering trying out an author newsletter to support my writing. I don’t read a lot of author newsletters but I find ...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

The World According to Detail

Outside my window this morning, a Chickadee perches, worrying at a sunflower seed to get it open. I see his little black cap and the white e...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

When It Pours

I’ve said before that academic work is often feast or famine. Sometimes it gets piled on. At other times you get to catch your breath,...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

CONtraflow II

As soon as classes are over tomorrow I'll be headed out to CONtraflow II, which is being held at the Double Tree Hilton in Kenner, Louis...
Monday, October 01, 2012

Good Review, and CONtraflow II

Andrew Byers over at Tales from the Bookworm's Lair , has reviewed the Borgo Double containing my Under the Ember Star and Michael Burg...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Lana Updates

The last two weeks were nearly our lowest point, even worse than the week we spent evacuated from our home and living in hotel rooms b...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Heavy Metal Versus Hard Rock

You’d probably have to be an aficionado of the music to appreciate the differences between the musical genres called Heavy Metal and H...