For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
In a real shocker to the family, we lost our beloved boxer Hermione this morning—pretty much without any warning. Not quite twelve years old, she had seemed like a healthy, if slowing-with-age, dog. Just yesterday, I looked at her and … Read More
My omnibus ebook, The Chaos Chronicles: Books 1-3, is a featured title today on one of the leading guides to Kindle bargains, DailyCheapReads.com. Or if it’s scrolled out of sight there, here on its own page. DailyCheapReads is a great … Read More
Yesterday was snow day in Boston. We got 20 inches or so in Arlington, and I spent a good part of the day driving the snowblower around. God, I love that machine! How did we ever dig out those plowed-in … Read More
My first blog post of the new year turns out to be a guest spot! I’m guest-blogging today at Terry Odell’s blog Terry’s Place. My topic is New Ideas for the New Year–by which I mean ideas for stories, and … Read More
I left for our holiday travels with two ereading devices, just to make sure the bases were covered, and that I wouldn’t run out of books to read (hah). On Christmas Eve, Allysen was reading a newly acquired SF book … Read More
But not at the same time! My brother Chuck was married on Monday, to the lovely Youngmee Kim, who like Chuck is in the psychology department at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. The beautiful wedding took place at … Read More
I’m typing this at 32,000 feet out of Charlotte, North Carolina over a beautiful cloud deck en route to Miami. (Oops, we just flew back into the clouds! Later: a stunning sunset above the cloud deck, just as we started … Read More