&nbsp;&nbsp;It's been a long weekend. I'm tired. So tired. You needn't suffer. Feast upon this excerpt from Crisis in Fire and Snow:<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 f...
&nbsp;&nbsp;I started off the weekend by traveling across the state. I knew I would get hungry along the way, and refuse to compromise when it comes to nutrition. I walked out of the gas station with the priceless gems pictured below. Actuall...
&nbsp;Interview with Nick NetheryAuthor ofRelics of the Fallen&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
&nbsp;Drown MelancholyBy STANLEY WHEELERAn old sea shanty, a reminder of a curse, drives a pirate captain to the brink of madness… Can the crew make their final score, or will the curse destroy them all?!It's in Cirsova issue 24 which you can...
&nbsp;We had a manifold mission for the weekend that took us to Le Chateau au Chat Gris and to the home of olden days. 99 and I loaded the compact white whale and began our voyage. On our arrival au chateau, we immediately commenced the festiviti...
I think I captured the photo above from Jay Barnson's presentation on writing pulp. I attended another presentation he did on monsters from North American myths. I let him know that I was already using some of them in my Tomahawks and Dragon Fire Ser...
&nbsp;Interview with Fred PhillipsAuthor ofThe Gold and Fire Series and morePlease tell me a little about your current work in progress. I have two projects that I hope to get across the finish line before the end of the year. One is the second...
&nbsp;It's done. Child number 5 has entered the hallowed halls of wedded bliss. There's no guarantee on the earthly duration of the bliss, but if ignorance is also bliss, then turning a blind eye to many little annoyances should help. However, so...
&nbsp;Fun Fact:Sigurd I became king of Norway at 13 when an Irish axe ended his father's life. He received the crown jointly with his two half brothers, Eystein and Olaf, the latter being a toddler. At 17, Sigurd agreed to lead an expeditionary f...
&nbsp;It was Independence Day. The Fourth of July. The ogygia of summer. I name it the latter, not because we're trapped there and must choose between Calypso and escape, but because it is the center point about which summer revolves. In Byzantiu...