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...
&nbsp;&nbsp;In June of 1809, about 40 miles from Vienna, while Napoleon's main force and those of Austria's Archduke Charles maneuvered for battle on the Danube, Eugene de Beauharnais commanding French and Italian troops engaged Archduke John...
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...
&nbsp;Le Chateau au Chat Gris has passed over the horizon. Not to worry; the cat is fine. This weekend we left Byzantium to visit family and look into a replacement for the 1999 Rattling Battle Wagon. The latter is now up for sale, and I'll be cr...
&nbsp;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...
&nbsp;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...