Over the weekend my DSL=gone. (Last post was actually in the queue before the outage) And while I had a tech scheduled to come out, the line problem fixed itself sometime early Monday. The roughly 36 hours without the Internet brought home exactly how much we rely on it now. Read more…
Just a note that I will be showing up at Context 21 Saturday and Sunday. I’m on three panels: 11:30 AM SAT How To Build A Dystopia 1:00 PM SAT Genre Labels 1:00 PM SUN Are Agents Necessary? I’m not going to be there tonight though, so don’t look for Read more…
Does anyone else find it amusing (I laugh so I do not cry) that both campaigns started immediately pointing fingers at each other about all the Freddie Mac and Fannie May insiders that pepper both their campaigns? Am I the only one who sees McCain’s “OMG lets stop campaigning and Read more…
Saturday we took the dogs to a great place called “Bow Wow Beach” which is, as you can deduce from the name, a dog park. It is, in fact a pretty damn sweet dog park that includes seven fenced-in acres, its own lake, and about five Wimbledon’s worth of tennis Read more…
The remains of hurricane Ike came by and messed up the power grid in NE Ohio. No internet access at home or at the day job right now. I’m in a coffee shop that’s avoided the outages right now. So, at least I can get my writing done. Considering the Read more…
Your kids are grown, you own your own house, and you have at least some desire not to inflict upon your children the kind of hell me, my wife, and my in-laws have been going through. I offer 10 tips to keep your house from becoming the 9th circle of Read more…
The good news is that I got Valentine’s Night polished up, printed out, and sent off to Eleanor today. This is the second spec manuscript I’ve written in as many years, in addition to finishing off Prophets for DAW. Here’s hoping it does as well as Lilly’s Song. This means, Read more…
I drive a 12-year old Buick Century, a car that leads to certain expectations— most of which involve liver spots and driving 15 mph down the freeway with the left blinker on. Since I’m a chubby bearded guy with a ponytail, my car’s sort of incongruous. (Though cheap as dirt Read more…
My existential title crisis is over! And and the winner is: *drumroll* Lilly’s Song Now we just need to decide if it’s “A Wolfbreed Novel” or “A Novel of the Wolfbreed”