May 27, 2018 Enjoying Freedom It is a weekend during which I appreciate my freedoms and liberties more than I do most other weekends. Yesterday I took MBW and the HA to downtown Portland’s waterfront to enjoy the Rose Festival. We ate reasonably good food, listened to sub-par music (sorry, kids, I know you meant… Continue reading Enjoying Freedom. Resurrected Post.
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Doings and Updates. Resurrected Post.
May 20, 2018 Doings and Updates Here follows a miscellany of personal doings and writing updates. Please control your excitement. My goal for the year was, I believe, to have two books out this year. That — spoiler warning — will not happen. See, there is a novel — “Boss” — complete, ready to go,… Continue reading Doings and Updates. Resurrected Post.
Jack Vance, The Wizard of Appendix N. Resurrected Post.
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.
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.