We’ve all read those books. The ones where everything is going swimmingly and then somebody that you’re supposed to care about does something so eye-wateringly dumb that your eyes hurt…Continue readingOMG, Why did she…?
The underlying theme of ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers is that we are working on our own destruction when we go on a hell-bent spree of destruction of our trees.…Continue readingThe Word for Love is ‘Tree’, Part 2
PART I I’d first noticed the buzz around the ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers when it reached best seller status, but I rarely pay attention to that. My tastes are…Continue readingThe Word for Love is ‘Tree’
When a stray comment on social media last year alerted me to the presence of a wildlife sanctuary that offered wolf encounters a mere hour’s drive away, I raced upstairs…Continue readingThe Day of the Wolf
There will be much written on Vonda McIntyre in the coming days. An obituary is linked at the end of this. It tells you the facts. The short sharp summary…Continue readingVonda in memory and dream
Commencement Address Dear graduating class, I am so very happy to see you. To know that you are out there. That you exist. Because – make no mistake – in…Continue readingBehind the Superstars
ALL fiction is fantasy by definition – but for the purposes of this listicle let me just make it clear that I am using “fantasy” in its more commonly applied…Continue readingOn writing tales of pure wonder
Writers are often asked which books that they read in childhood were most beloved, or most influential, or … Well how about the books that were embarrassingly wrong. There was…Continue readingThe Apache who never were
Someone in my hometown is putting together a reading series and sent me an email asking whether I wanted to participate. I said sure, and asked if they had any…Continue readingWhy is ‘genre’ a dirty word?