July 30, 2017 2017 Oregon Brewers Festival I have a few bits of information I’d truly like to share. But until the details firm up a bit more I’m not going to. Instead, I’m going to write about beer. Deal with it. This year is the 30th anniversary of the Oregon Brewers Festival. Not necessarily… Continue reading 2017 Oregon Brewers Festival. Resurrected Post.
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Ye Fair July. Resurrected Post.
July 23, 2017 Ye Fair July Owning a house demands more weekend hours than owning a condo. This is a cold rule of the universe. Still, one can find time to attend a Renaissance Faire. I drove MBW and the HA south to Silverton, Oregon for the second year in a row. I’d offered the… Continue reading Ye Fair July. Resurrected Post.
Off-Target, Laser-Focused Marketing. Resurrected Post.
July 16, 2017 Off-Target, Laser-Focused Marketing. An intriguing opportunity came my way a few months back, one that I consider intriguing in two aspects. I was interviewed for an article in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin (the monthly house-organ for Oregon’s attorneys) about lawyers who are also writers. This interview was an enjoyable opportunity to… Continue reading Off-Target, Laser-Focused Marketing. Resurrected Post.
Checking In. Resurrected Post.
July 9, 2017 Checking In. A brief one today. There’s a joke somewhere in the word ‘brief’ but I don’t feel like mining that one from the joke pits. I’ve been busy doing yardwork out back, digging, placing pavers, shoveling bark chips. Getting gnarly blisters. Good fun. Today, fingers crossed, is game day. First one… Continue reading Checking In. Resurrected Post.
Happy Independence Day. Resurrected Post.
July 2, 2017 Happy Independence Day Happy upcoming Independence Day, fellow Americans. I don’t vent my political spleen with these posts (for which probably half of you are grateful and the other half condemn me as a coward.) I’m not going to alter that custom now. Instead I want to highlight a few (I hope)… Continue reading Happy Independence Day. Resurrected Post.
Fred Saberhagen: Appendix N’s Master Craftsman. Resurrected Post.
June 25, 2017 Fred Saberhagen: Appendix N’s Master Craftsman I’ve reached Fred Saberhagen in my Appendix N irregular series of posts. And I’m extremely pleased by that since it afforded me an excuse to re-read Empire of the East. True, one cannot do Saberhagen justice by concentrating on Empire of the East alone, but that’s what… Continue reading Fred Saberhagen: Appendix N’s Master Craftsman. Resurrected Post.
Editing Purgatory. Resurrected Post.
June 18, 2017 Editing Purgatory I suppose I should write about Father’s Day. But I’m busy enjoying it. Why write about it? Instead, I want to jot down a few thoughts about editing, since I’m currently wallowing in editing purgatory. Feel my pain. Imagine you’ve finished creating a jigsaw puzzle. You’re happy with the picture.… Continue reading Editing Purgatory. Resurrected Post.
How Does Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Tie in to Sword and Sorcery? Plus Savage Journal Entry 4.
The end of modern civilization. What caused it? Nuclear war, plague, zombies, alien invasion? Pick your poison. But the world we know is gone. Survivors must carry on. And therein lies a tale. Or a plethora of tales. Here you’ve got your Post-Apocalyptic fiction. A lone hero with a sword faces down supernatural foes in… Continue reading How Does Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Tie in to Sword and Sorcery? Plus Savage Journal Entry 4.
The Five Best Fantasy Series. Plus Savage Journal Entry 3.
There was a time when bookshops were the domain primarily of discrete novels, or perhaps a sequel or two. Complete, single-volume stories sat at the apex of the bookstore ecosystem in the epoch before multi-volume epics ruled the shelves. But, for good or ill, their time has passed, their dominance supplanted by the era of… Continue reading The Five Best Fantasy Series. Plus Savage Journal Entry 3.