May 13, 2018 Jack Vance, The Wizard of Appendix N I come at last to Jack Vance. Arguably he should be first, to the devil with alphabetical order. Look, there isn’t a lot I need to say about Jack Vance. There are encomiums a plenty to the man, and rightly so. His urbane, genteel command… Continue reading Jack Vance, The Wizard of Appendix N. Resurrected Post.
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Drafts and Drafts. Resurrected Post.
May 6, 2018 Drafts and Drafts I celebrated yesterday with MBW and the HA. You know why? Of course you don’t. So I’ll tell you: Saturday, May the Fifth, I completed the first draft of Chale Thorson Book One: The Jade Dagger. (What do you think about the series title? I’m still considering it.) … Continue reading Drafts and Drafts. Resurrected Post.
Game Day. Resurrected Post.
April 29, 2018 Game Day The web log post is late because today was Game Day. Sitting around a table, laughing, rolling dice. It’s been several months since I last had a chance to play. I enjoyed getting back into it for a few hours. Did I learn anything applicable to writing, practice any storytelling… Continue reading Game Day. Resurrected Post.
Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews: Part Deux. Resurrected Post.
April 22, 2018 Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews: Part Deux And we’re back with the second installment of too-late-to-be-relevant film reviews. MBW is back from her business trip. But while she was away I got in two more flicks. First up, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I watched this… Continue reading Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews: Part Deux. Resurrected Post.
Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews. Resurrected Post.
April 15, 2018 Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews MBW is away on a business trip. You know what that means: a chance to watch mindless action movies. After I put the HA to bed, that is. A week won’t be time to catch up on about a year’s worth… Continue reading Return of the Son of Even More Too Late Movie Reviews. Resurrected Post.
Remedial Fantasy for the Chronically Lazy: A Top Five List. Resurrected Post.
April 8, 2018 Remedial Fantasy For the Chronically Lazy: A Top Five List A couple of weeks ago I moderated a panel on the essential science fiction writers of the Golden Age. The premise was which writers should someone read if he were interested in acquiring a grounding in sci-fi but possessed either limited time… Continue reading Remedial Fantasy for the Chronically Lazy: A Top Five List. Resurrected Post.
Let’s Call it Research. Resurrected Post.
April 1, 2018 Let’s Call It Research It’s probably been too long since I fired off a bunch of money — er, that is, rounds. For a birthday present, MBW arranged a range day for me with a couple of friends of mine who are members of a local gun club. Many paper targets and… Continue reading Let’s Call it Research. Resurrected Post.
Appropriating Fictional Holidays. Plus Savage Journal Entry 8.
I took MBW and the HA to the local Oktoberfest celebration, hosted at a nearby golf course. It was rather smaller than I expected, especially given the deep German roots of Texas. But it was fun, with beer supplied by Texas Leaguer Brewing, the closest craft brewery to my new town. The HA had a… Continue reading Appropriating Fictional Holidays. Plus Savage Journal Entry 8.
The Little Convention That Could. Resurrected Post.
March 25, 2018 The Little Convention That Could So that’s NanoCon Mk. V done. What is NanoCon? It is a science fiction convention hosted by the science fiction club of Lower Columbia College in Longview Washington, a port town on the Columbia River about an hour from the Pacific. It isn’t big. I doubt two… Continue reading The Little Convention That Could. Resurrected Post.