 Accidental Pirates is actually the only novel that I had published this year. However, I did get a number of short stories selected for publication."A Stardust Memory" was published in Sultry Murder Jazz. I found its placement as...
   General Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle led the Infernal Brigade (the 5th and 7th Hussars) in the 1806 campaign against Prussia. The brigade moved rapidly through enemy territory in search of information and supplies. L...
The bells of waiting Advent ring,The Tortoise stove is lit againAnd lamp-oil light across the nightHas caught the streaks of winter rainIn many a stained-glass window sheenFrom Crimson Lake to Hookers Green.-- from "Christmas" by Robert FrostMy Chris...
 Check it out. Accidental Pirates is number 1 in Teen and Young Adult Pirate Action & Adventure Now that I've got that out of my system, I could ramble about the sequel, which is nearing completion with Chis struggling as a...
 Empire of the East, by Fred Saberhagen, contains the first three books in the four-book series - which explains why the book is so long. It really did feel like reading three books. In fact, I read two other books, or at least one and a hal...
Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea,--from Crossing the Bar, by Tennyson.I've always liked that poem and used it in a talk many years ago. It's the only thing I r...
  I picked up Fred Saberhagen's Merlin's Bones to read another take on the Arthur legend. This story was certainly unlike any other. I first encountered King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table as kid. My parents had a series...
 In case you thought reading was a safe activity: Here's the interview with me about Accidental Pirates -- paperback available Nov 26 - Get your boys reading for Christmas.The sequel is half finished with 15 of 30 chapters...
&nbsp;Interview with Sam RobbAuthor ofSigils, and much more&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill;But let it whistle as it will,We'll keep our Christmas merry still.Each age has deem'd the new-born yearThe fittest time for festal cheer:Even, heathen yet, the savage DaneAt Iol more deep the mead did drain;High...
&nbsp;Accidental Pirates becomes available for pre-order on November 12. This isn't you grandpa's Treasure Island:Two boys whisked into a strange land face danger at every turn. Stranded in this world of pirates on the wild islands of the Dragon...
&nbsp;Interview with James Quinlan MeservyAuthor ofThe Realm of Light Series - and much more&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE...
The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere— The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year; It was hard by the...
&nbsp;David Larson's One Crowded Hour: The Little Bighorn weighs in at over 400 and 60 some pages, so it's not a light read. For those of you new to U.S. History who have never heard of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall, Reno, Benteen, or Custer, I...
That her fair form may stand and shine Make bright our days and light our dreams,Turning to scorn with lips divine The falsehood of extremes!--From "Freedom" by Alfred Lord Tennyson--First, enter the giveaway - 2 winners will be...