March 17, 2019 St. Pat’s Brew Day Today — Saint Patrick’s Day, 2019 — was brew day. And what a nice day for it. First warm, sunny day of the year as far as I can recall. The brew is simple and, I imagine, sessionable. A quick and easy recipe. I didn’t have much… Continue reading St. Pat’s Brew Day. Resurrected Post.
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Editing. Resurrected Post.
March 10, 2019 Editing Editing hurts. If sculpting is removing all the bits of marble that aren’t the statue, then editing is cutting away all the words that aren’t the story. Except the sculptor didn’t create that block of marble first; someone else delivered it to his studio. When I’m editing I’m modifying something I’ve… Continue reading Editing. Resurrected Post.
Milestone Reflections. Resurrected Post.
March 3, 2019 Milestone Reflections This March is replete with major life milestones. Maybe I ought to offer each a few moments of reflection before the fact rather than let the weight of the milestones drop on me unprepared. The tenth anniversary of my marriage impends. Ten years married to MBW. A decade. Imagine that.… Continue reading Milestone Reflections. Resurrected Post.
Life Does Not Care About Your Convenience. Resurrected Post.
February 24, 2019 Life Does Not Care About Your Convenience Shortly before noon yesterday I finally completed the first draft of Warlord. Needless to say, this pleased me. I looked forward to celebrating. But life does not give a damn about my desires. Instead of celebrating, I was laid low by whatever malady my daughter… Continue reading Life Does Not Care About Your Convenience. Resurrected Post.
Top Ten Fantasy Films. Resurrected Post.
February 17, 2019 Top Ten Fantasy Films These things are subjective. They have to be. By what metric does one objectively quantify entertainment value? I believe I’ve said before I don’t really have favorites. I can and do enjoy things equally, without rankings. So what I’m listing herein is merely a current snapshot of what… Continue reading Top Ten Fantasy Films. Resurrected Post.
The White Hills of Elfland. Resurrected Post.
February 10, 2019 The White Hills of Elfland Snow both physically alters landscapes and creates illusory geography. The familiar, quotidian view out your window becomes something altogether new and different after even a moderate snowfall. It’s not all wondrous fairyscapes: the roadside landscape, with its new allotment of crashed and disable cars is a reminder… Continue reading The White Hills of Elfland. Resurrected Post.
New Shelf Space. Resurrected Post.
February 3, 2019 New Shelf Space With any luck on eBay I’ll be opening up a stretch of space on one my bookshelves. Fingers crossed. It has taken me a number of years, but at last I collected a complete run of all eighteen Horseclans novels. Why? A legitimate question. Primarily because I am… Continue reading New Shelf Space. Resurrected Post.
Work in Progress Status Update. Resurrected Post.
January 27, 2019 Work in Progress Status Update It ought to be clear by this point that I will not have a book out in January. We can all agree on that, right? So, how do matters stand on the writing front? Let me tell you. At the pace I’m writing, the first draft… Continue reading Work in Progress Status Update. Resurrected Post.
Recent Reading. Resurrected Post.
January 20, 2019 Recent Reading “What have you been reading?” the imaginary voices in my head — those of the imagined readers of this web log — ask. Well, I’ll tell you, phantoms and figments. As usual I have several books going at any given time, books for different locations and portions of my day.… Continue reading Recent Reading. Resurrected Post.