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November 6, 2019
Together! Live and On Stage! Phoebe Darqueling, Empress of Steampunk, and Joseph Carrabis, Boring and Dull! With Special Guest Stars Michelle and Geoff Genge Joins Us!
Phoebe Darqueling, Michelle and Geoff Genge, and I are doing an author meet&greet at the River Bend Bookshop on Sunday, 10 Nov 2019, from 11:30am-2:30pm. If you’re reading this blog, you probably know something about me.
But what about The Mighty Phoebes?… Read the rest
Together! Live and On Stage! Phoebe Darqueling, Empress of Steampunk, and Joseph Carrabis, Boring and Dull!
Phoebe Darqueling and I are doing an author meet&greet at the River Bend Bookshop on Sunday, 10 Nov 2019, from 11:30am-2:30pm. If you’re reading this blog, you probably know something about me.
But what about The Mighty Phoebes?
Phoebe Darqueling is the pen name of a globe trotting vagabond who currently hangs her hat in Freiburg, Germany.… Read the rest
Today, I am a man
It’s in the mid-1960s. I’m not ten years old. It’s Friday, noon. Every Friday noon my mother picks me up from school and we go out for lunch. Sometimes it’s Howdy BeefBurgers (long out of business), most often it’s the lunch counter at the Valley St.… Read the rest
November 4, 2019
Empty Sky Chapter 4 – Joni Levis
(final edit before the proofreaders (he said). You can read the previous version here.)
Read Empty Sky Chapter 3 – Al Carsons
Joni Levis rolled over and buried her head against Virgil’s pillow. Still asleep, she settled herself into the bed and inhaled deeply, pulling in his aromas, his shampoo and sweat, and smiled.… Read the rest
I got D. Liebered (and I enjoyed it!)
Urban Fantasy author D. Lieber interviewed me recently regarding magicks, characters, and books I’ve written.
Talk about fun!
Let’s start with this exchange:
Q: What kind of spell can I get for you (or your character) today?
Hmm…few ever offer me their magicks, usually they’re asking magicks of me.… Read the rest
October 31, 2019
Rita Mae Brown’s “Starting from Scratch”
Okay, first thing and before anything else, Get This Book!
I don’t care where you are in your writing career, Rita Mae Brown’s Starting from Scratch will give you a chuckle (several hundred, probably) and clarify things that were not only muddy, but had been pushed aside because they were just too damn hard to figure out.… Read the rest
Character is… (Part 2.1) – Exposition is…
This the second in an ongoing series of StoryCrafting/StoryTelling posts I’m publishing for my own benefit; explaining something helps me determine if I’ve truly learned or am simply parroting what others have offered. I learn my weak spots, what I need to study more, et cetera.… Read the rest
Morningsong’s in Harvey Duckman Presents Volume 3!
No, really, it’s true and nobody’s as amazed as I am!
You want to know the topper?
Receiving this email from Team Harvey Duckman:
… Read the restBy the way, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed “Morningsong”. In this role I get to read a heck of a lot and sometimes I think I become a bit desensitised and reading/editing becomes ‘the job’ rather than something I do for fun… but something about Morningsong really struck me.
The Proper Way to Describe the Itsuro-Shegami Technique When Applied to Nipple Joints
Rahki World author Rennie St. James invited me to guest blog WRITING REALISTIC HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT SCENES and I did.
I did I did I did!
Can’t tell you how many versions I came up with.
No, actually I can because I revision everything – four.… Read the rest
