RAZORED ZEN

How does the time get away? It feels like I just posted the Star Trek post but that's already six days in the rear view mirror. Patti ...

It’s no secret that I’m a big Star Trek fan, particularly of the original series. I’ve seen every episode multiple times, every movie, and ...

I took a few days off to let Wraith of Talera rest and have been playing a lot of my video game Skyrim. It's such a wide open world and ...

I guess I’ll tag this post under writing techniques because it might not be of interest to anyone else. It’s about what happens when a manu...

Those of you who visit here regularly know I recently had jury duty. I spent most of four days sitting in a room, and while I didn’t partic...

Those of you who have read my short story collections know I always include a section “about the stories.” These are snippets that tell...

Lana and I have been throwing our food scraps into the back yard since we moved to our home outside Abita Springs. Why throw biodegra...

I see authors doing this once in a while, reporting on sales for some of their independently published books. Usually the numbers look ...

Sunday night I wrote the ending line to Wraith of Talera . Felt good. The book is certainly not done. This is a completed draft but it will ...

Jury duty is over. Thankfully. I didn’t get called for a jury. In fact, I did nothing for three days but sit around on my butt and read. I ...

Josh came up for Father's Day and we had a good lunch at Outback with Lana, then came home and did little other than talk and play some ...

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard :  Del Rey. 2008. This is a massive, 500+ pages compilation of pretty much every horror tale R...

Although I buy quite a few Kindle books on a weekly basis, it’s been a while since I put in a big order for print works. One thing of inter...

A friend and colleague of mine at Xavier and I often get onto the topic of “need for cognition” in our discussions. What “need for cognitio...

A few days ago I noticed a dead snake on the dirt road around the corner from our house. I expected it to be gone the next day but it’s sti...

I’ve passed 47,000 words now on Wraith of Talera , the fourth Taleran book. This will mark the start of a new duology. By now, as is probab...

Sitting around after finishing the day’s writing, I had a little Jack Daniels and listened to some Black Label Society, particularly a ...

Finally, with school behind me for the summer, I’ve been able to get to some reading. First up was catching up on some of the friend/collea...

A few years ago I read a western tale involving the basic trope of settlers versus Indians. Afterward, I checked out the reviews and the wr...

Lana and I left Friday morning for a drive to Atlanta to visit some good friends of hers. It was about seven hours. Lana drove down while ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 was the best pure writing day I’ve had since the late summer of 2011 when I was working on Under the Ember Star . ...

A little over three years ago now, on March 21, 2010, my mom died. Even though I was in my fifties and had raised a son of my own, it ...

I read a blog post by another successful independent author today and once more he touted the importance of writing “one” type of story pe...

I told a story here quite a while back about a night when we played Pocola, Oklahoma in football and I made an accidental interception tha...

Today I start trying to get into my summer routine. I'm going to try and do a few things differently this year. I got up this morning an...

From late Thursday through Tuesday morning I spent the majority of time grading, but I’m now 99% done until Friday, when my next test hits. ...