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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale--a couple perh...

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale--a couple perhaps. Let me begin with the movie and finish with the book. Both tales involved scoundrels, rogues, and the good guys who had to deal with them. Here's the easy one; the lesser of the two tales, but an entertaining one nonetheless: If you're looking for swashbuckling fun on the high seas, you need look no further than this little

Interview with Rachel Kovaciny 1. Please tell me a little...

Interview with Rachel Kovaciny 1. Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. I’m writing a retelling of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” set in the Old West.  Seven white orphans abandoned along the trail to Kansas are taken in by a wagon train of former slaves.  One orphan idolizes a beautiful immigrant who is a healer and seeks to learn how to help sick people from

First there's the college football thing. Last night I wa...

First there's the college football thing. Last night I watched a 2-4 team (blue) with its 3rd string QB, coming off its 3rd straight loss, beat an undefeated top-20-ranked team (orange). Blue is now at 3-4 and two of those victories have been over top-25 ranked teams. These two teams have played every year for the last several years. Every year I'm positive that blue is going to beat orange.

The trickling began this week. Words. Those malleable bri...

The trickling began this week. Words. Those malleable bricks composed of variations of 26 unique elements representing sounds manifested in the English language which itself is spoken with such extraordinary differences around the globe that it's not one language but several. But I digress. And I will do it again, if I please. I do. The digression continues. We place various combinations of

It began when the princess fled from her father's wrath b...

It began when the princess fled from her father's wrath by taking her flier and leaving the city before dawn. At dawn, as she slept on the floating craft, a party of Zarhoons shot down the flier. Warriors returning to the city on foot saw the flier and recognized the princess' personal insignia before it went down. The princess was injured in the crash but managed to hide herself within

It began when the princess fled from her father's wrath ...

 It began when the princess fled from her father's wrath by taking her flier and leaving the city before dawn. At dawn, as she slept on the floating craft, a party of Zarhoons shot down the flier. Warriors returning to the city on foot saw the flier and recognized the princess' personal insignia before it went down. The princess was injured in the crash but managed to hide herself within

First this: The best baseball movie ever made is--and the...

First this: The best baseball movie ever made is--and there can be no argument about this as the film is very nearly a religious experience; the angels don't quite sing but they do play instruments (and I'm not talking about the Willie Nelson number that seemed particularly appropriate)-- The Rookie, staring Dennis Quaid. Every man should watch it at least every five years as a reminder to

An Interview with David J. West AKA Jam...

An Interview with David J. West AKA James Alderdice Author of: The Brutal Saga The Dark Trails Saga In My Time of Dying

An Interview with Da...

                                     An Interview with David J. West                                      AKA James Alderdice Author of:                                                       The Brutal Saga                                                 The Dark Trails Saga                                                 In My Time of Dying                                                    

A gentleman this week did me a favor. Actually, I don't m...

A gentleman this week did me a favor. Actually, I don't mean that he's only a gentleman this week; he's probably always a gentleman. It was this week that he did me the favor. I encountered him upon another site which I frequent and suggested that he read my slightly silly noir detective novel, Smoke. I made the ebook available for free on special for two days so he could get his copy. The