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February 10, 2015
Snowflake Photography
I have been attempting to photograph snowflakes this winter, with the result that it has only snowed a couple of times since I began my efforts. However, in this endeavour, I have learned something very interesting. I knew that a digital camera made life much easier than the film 35mm I once owned. I knew … Continue reading →
February 9, 2015
Choices for Readers
It’s a fresh bright shiny new week… so why do I feel like I’ve been dragged through a keyhole backwards? I’m facing a week of abnormal schedule, and heavy homework and… So what do I decide to do? Looks back at the words she’s written. Abuse the ellipsis, it seems. Seriously, though. I have two … Continue reading →
February 8, 2015
Eat This While You Read That: Peter Grant
I came up with a wild idea for my Sunday food blogs. What if I combined three of my favorite things into one place? Cooking, photography, and reading? It started with an inkling of an idea when a fellow author posted an exuberant review of a dish he’d made. It grew into a wild hare … Continue reading →
February 7, 2015
Enter Title Here…
I had some fun over at the Mad Genius Club taking some time in the Transmogrifier to talk about what Hard Science fiction is, or isn’t. Click on over and spend some time with me clicking inside-outside the box. We tend to think of science fiction as the realm of outer space, but science covers … Continue reading →
February 6, 2015
Curmudgeon Review: Into the Hinterlands
Into the Hinterlands by David Drake and John Lambshead Fair warning, I think David Drake is the best author working today. That being said he is human, some of his work is better than others. John Lambshead is a British author that has done work for Baen. I have had some slight on line encounters with … Continue reading →
February 5, 2015
Dragon Noir: Snippet 3
You can find the first snippets here, and here. As always, this is a raw first draft, and may (certainly will!) contain errors. Feel free to leave me a note in the comments, but this has revisions and editors to see before it is published. Sorry, guys, no cover art yet… probably end of February … Continue reading →
February 4, 2015
Blue Collar American
This is a guest post by the redoubtable Jonathan LaForce, who wrote it up and then let me publish it on my blog when I saw it and wanted it to have more platform than facebook. Thanks, Jon, and I look forward to seeing more like this from you. Why a Blue Collar American Doesn’t … Continue reading →
February 3, 2015
A Confluence of Art and Writing
I know I’ve talked many times about my favorite webcomics, but I’m coming back to it again. For one thing, they are a daily habit. With my morning cuppa, I skim through anywhere from 2 to ten webcomics. For another thing, I said somewhere else recently that I never read comic books as a child. … Continue reading →
Hugo Nomination Time
Brad Torgerson has created an excellent list over at his blog, the Sad Puppies slate. As I said last year, this is a great guideline, but nominate the works you think best. Not most likely to win, BEST. Once, the Hugo was an award that meant something, and now, it’s handed out as a party … Continue reading →
February 2, 2015
The Homeschooled Adult
My mother and I have not always gotten along. But one thing I have always been grateful to her for was homeschooling me. In the last year or so, after I’d re-started college as what they euphemistically term a non-traditional student, I had a professor ask me, ‘are you an autodidact?’ Why yes, yes … Continue reading →
