May 31, 2015 Coloring the Tabula Rasa Victoria Valentina Lizzi reached a year-and-a-half of age about a week ago. She is becoming a discriminating serial viewer of Disney films. Highly discriminating and highly serial. I never thought “The Bare Necessities” and “I Want to Be Like You” could grow tiresome, but after the umpteenth… Continue reading Coloring the Tabula Rasa. Resurrected Post.
Month: May 2022
At it Again: Yet Another Post-Signing Report. Resurrected Post.
May 24, 2015 At it Again: Yet Another Post-Signing Report I enjoyed another signing recently. And I mean enjoyed; beer featured prominently. The accommodating publicans at Journeys Pub, Bob and Shannon, offered to host a signing of “Reunion.” Not only did they offer the venue, they advertised the event and held all night happy hour.… Continue reading At it Again: Yet Another Post-Signing Report. Resurrected Post.
Slim Volumes. Resurrected Post.
May 17, 2015 Slim Volumes I’ve been ill. Still am, to be honest. Head throbbing, muscles and joints aching. Tired. No surprise then that it is hard to concentrate. But today is Sunday, so a web log post must be completed, illness be damned. I’ve been re-reading Simon Hawke’s “TimeWars” novels. Fun, fast-paced stuff, the… Continue reading Slim Volumes. Resurrected Post.
“Reunion” Book Signing After Action Report. Resurrected Post.
May 10, 2015 “Reunion” Book Signing After Action Report Tip of the hat to Tanasbourne Barnes & Noblebookstore. The store graciously hosted a signing of “Reunion,” even moving me up to the front of the store away from some sort of children’s event going on near the space originally intended for the signing. So, how… Continue reading “Reunion” Book Signing After Action Report. Resurrected Post.
Hey, Look at Me! Resurrected Post.
May 3, 2015 Hey, Look at Me! May is a busy month for me this year. What is going on, you ask? You’ve come to the right place for answers. My short story “Brava – or – the Fire Demon” is out, published by the fine folks at Swords and Sorcery Magazine. If you like… Continue reading Hey, Look at Me! Resurrected Post.
World Building — One Day at a Time. Resurrected Post.
April 26, 2015 World Building – One Day at a Time I’m going to continue musing on world-building. A central factor of a person’s or a society’s existence is timekeeping: calendars, the breakdown of the year into seasons, months, weeks, etc. Tolkien dealt with this by using the conceit that he was publishing a translation… Continue reading World Building — One Day at a Time. Resurrected Post.
Currently in the Book Chute. Resurrected Post.
April 19, 2015 Currently in the Book Chute I am usually reading three or four books at any given point, all at varying points of completion. Call it the book chute. There are books upstream, queuing up to enter the chute, and there are others just emerging from the chute, freshly read. So here’s a… Continue reading Currently in the Book Chute. Resurrected Post.
Maintenance Day on the Web Log.
Regularly scheduled maundering will return next week. This week I’m busy re-uploading more posts that vanished in the mysterious disappearance of my website earlier this year. This will be a slow, ongoing process over the next several months, but I thought I’d put a shoulder into it today. Oh, yes, the obligatory self-promotion: If you… Continue reading Maintenance Day on the Web Log.
Twenty Silver Jakarta’s per Gross Weight of Lembas. Resurrected Post.
April 12, 2015 Twenty Silver Jakatas per Gross Weight of Lembas Building a believable fantasy world is a challenge. There is no precise recipe, but there are ingredients. One of those ingredients is a sense of an economy, the suggestion that in the lands the characters live in, visit, or simply pass through there are… Continue reading Twenty Silver Jakarta’s per Gross Weight of Lembas. Resurrected Post.