You can have many kinds of grief. You can grieve the loss of a job, a dream, even things (accidentally dropping and smashing a favourite mug will give you a…Continue readingThe Nature of Grief
It would seem that it is necessary for a “Career author” as it were to put in my 2 cents’ worth about the intersection of AI and the creative endeavour,…Continue readingAI, AI, oh!
You may remember me writing about last year’s read and the tradition that led to that – but this year there it was, another Walt Longmire book waiting for January…Continue readingThe January Read, 2023
BVC Announces Forever Is Shorter Than It Used to Be by Alma Alexander Well, it’s here. “Forever is Shorter Than It Used To Be” is now available as paperback or…Continue reading“Forever” is here…
So many things swirling right now. That tightfaced idiot of a Susan Collins who voted in that monster Kavanaugh because he and Trump had “learned their lessons” and Roe…Continue readingWelcome to Gilead
My first encounter with Guillermo del Toro was a tale of dark enchantment that was “Pan’s Labyrinth” – I saw that in the cinema, completely “cold”, without any pre-known ideas…Continue readingNightmare Alley
There is definitely a school of thought among writers along the lines of “ban my book, PLEASE!” because of the focus of interest that banning a work of literature –…Continue readingClimbing on the “banned”wagon…
I don’t really read mysteries – that was Deck’s thing, not mine. He earnestly tried to get me into it for a while – he had a complete collection of…Continue readingThe January read…