I’ve been a livelong reader.  I remember going to the bookstore with my mom just about every weekend for years.  We were the only two out of a family of six that were avid readers, and the weekly trip to the bookstore was one of the things we did together.  These are some of my […]

Stenson Blues, the second book in my Kingdom of Haven series, is coming soon.  The date has moved back, mostly because I decided to get it professionally proofed.  I debated the need, but in the end decided it was best for the project.  I’m looking at May 15th as my publishing date. While I am […]

I don’t know what first attracted me to gardening. My family never had one when I was a kid. We always went to the grocery store for vegetables. Actually, I don’t remember eating too many fresh vegetables growing up—our vegetables came out of cans. Now that I think back on it, I have no clue […]

What I like most about music is the memories. Music brings back memories of memorable times in my life. So when I was sitting down to decide what musical artist to write about, the recent winter storms reminded me of the worst winter in my memory, and a particular song. When I think of Blue […]

I like all types of anime, but I prefer the ones that are different. Don’t get me wrong: school girls, mecha, vampires, zombies, magic, or whatever are all fine and dandy, but the anime that stand out for me are the ones that make you think. Welcome to the NHK is definitely different. All the […]

I have been agonizing over the editing of Stenson Blues.  It’s a question of quality and cost.  On the one hand, I want to put out a good quality story.  This means I need to ensure it has been adequately edited.  My writing network is not as robust as it was a few years ago, […]

In my current job, I travel quite a bit. I live out of my laptop bag and spend too much time in rental cars. My current travels remind me of my younger days in the Navy when I drove cross-country from duty station to duty station. It was the early eighties and there was a […]

My magic chant didn’t work. This is the view from my back door. I’m going to close the blinds and work on those re-writes now. Maybe when I open the blinds again it’ll be sunny and a girl in ruby slippers will be asking me for a ride home in my balloon.

I got my edits back on Stenson Blues.  Now it’s a couple of days (more like a week probably) of revision and we’re ready to go.  It seems like this is taking forever, but it really hasn’t been that long in book years.  How would book years compare to human years?  I’d say a book year feels like a […]

At first glance, this anime seemed a bit lame and gory. The first time a Titan appears on the screen they look a bit odd, but not all that menacing. Then the blood starts flying and you realize they’re pretty damn indestructible. I like this anime because it keeps you guessing. There are so many […]