 I finally did it. I submitted a manuscript for a contest. If all goes well, I'll still be ecstatic about the publication in November of my adventure book for boys, Accidental Pirates, and may forget to be too disappointed if my manuscript i...
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high piled books, in charactry, Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,&n...
 I finished reading this book, Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson. I can't think of another book by the late Anderson that I've read, and my expectations weren't high. They sagged even lower when the story began with the hero find...
&nbsp;Interview with Bruce NesmithAuthor ofThe Loki Redeemed Series&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
WARRIOR of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foeNow somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan,Thou livest in all hearts, for all men knowThis earth has never borne a nobler man.--"Epitaph on General Gordon" by Alfred Lord TennysonWe lost another warrior o...
&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...
Through many roads, by me possessed,He shambles forth in cosmic guise;He is the Jester and the Jest,And he the Text himself applies.--From An American, by Rudyard KiplingDon't forget, September 9 is Constitution Day."[T]he American Constitution is, s...
&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...
Genius, like gold and precious stones,is chiefly prized because of its rarity.Geniuses are people who dash off weird, wild,incomprehensible poems with astonishing facility,and get booming drunk and sleep in the gutter.--from "Genius" by Mark Twain.Sp...
&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...
A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid And on her dulcimer she played,--From Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWeave a circle round me thrice and close your eye...
&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...