In my continuing busy schedule, this weekend I will be at a Halloween-themed event at Parmatown Mall. Please join us for an exciting book signing event: Paranormal Writers of Ohio When: Sat. Oct. 17th 12:00pm-4:00pm Where: Borders Express Parmatown Mall, main stage area Authors: Mary Ann Winkowski, John Kachuba, Charles Read more…
Via the wonder of the internet, I’ve caught up with both episodes of Flashforward so far. I can say that I’m enjoying it, and I hope it avoids the fate of another similarly time-twisting series ABC tried during Lost’s absence, the show Daybreak . Like the prior effort, it has Read more…
This is a redo of a post that was eaten when my blog went all ‘splody. I had done a little overview of a bunch of reviews I’d seen lately. So let’s try this again: Dear Author: “I would recommend this to those who are intrigued by the shifter myth Read more…
Anyone following my blog should realize I have a strong libertarian streak, which may in fact confuse some people who’ve read my Hostile Takeover books and/or Prophets. The planet Bakunin plays a central role throughout, and while it has a functioning anarcho-capitalist society, its not portrayed as a shining Heinleinesque Read more…
I vacuum-sealed dog biscuits and mailed them to various people, some of whom didn’t get it, and I put up some interesting websites here and there. All of this was in support of an Alternate Reality Game, which in some respects could be considered the bleeding edge of narrative. Sort Read more…
(Inspired by some blog posts elsewhere) The aliens are really metaphors for a) blacks b) Jews c) pick a minority group. It’s one thing to use another species to write about racism, quite another to just lift some particular human experience and graft it on to a non-human. It rarely Read more…
With all the venting I’m doing on my blog lately, you might be wondering how I account for my political views in my fiction. Some who only know me from my blog might wonder if I come across as Ayn Rand in drag. And there’s certainly room in the SF/Fantasy Read more…
The interview I mentioned earlier is now up on the blog Grinding to Valhalla. Relevant quote: Would you have any words of advice for the would-be-writers out there? Two things. First, only pursue this if what you love, and what you want out of it, is the writing. It takes Read more…
Anyone remember that show J. J. Abrams did before Lost? Where we had Jennifer Gardner as an uber-cool kick-butt and take names secret agent embedded in a world where conspiracies nested like Russian dolls and at least every major character was a double agent in some sense. Alias was a Read more…
I’ve just completed a blog interview (which I’ll link to when it goes live) that brought up a thought that hadn’t occurred to me before. In my youth I was heavily into role-playing games, I even was a game master, up until I started writing professionally. (Used the same part Read more…