I don’t write short novels. As a rule. Most of them are quite long, some behemoths. In fact my epic fantasy novel (with the original title for the whole thing…Continue readingHow long should it be?
Travel by Book Several books and movies have sparked my wish to travel. In books, it was Pearl Buck’s stories of China, “Out of Africa” by Isak Dinesen, and Walter…Continue readingWhat inspires?
Languages change. But losing words like “Buttercup” and “Kingfisher” in favor of things like “Broadband” and “chatroom”saddens me. In Orion, Robert Macfarlane talks about an edition of the Oxford Junior…Continue readingDisappearing words
With my first time travel novel, AbductiCon, now out, the following story quite naturally caught my eye. And maybe someday, someone will want to make a movie out of it.…Continue readingIs now the time?
There is absolutely no way in hell you appreciate books as much as this third grader does. Nope. No way. Madison loves books. And she tells you exactly why in…Continue reading‘The world neeeeds books!’
We moved into a peculiar house. The downstairs area, a “daylight basement”, was completely unfinished — concrete floors, no ceiling, open to the dirt at the back of the house.…Continue readingWhat are you hiding?
To celebrate Banned Books Week, Powell’s Books found a bunch, well 33, that THE MAN doesn’t want you to read. Fight the power! Read the books! Via static.parade.condenast.com And Tango…Continue readingBan Those Books!
The other day we tripped over a movie on TV – “Snow White: A Tale of Terror”, vintage 1997. I’m always one for a good re-telling of a good old…Continue readingUnhappily ever after…
A life is made of moments. It is stitched together from the things you remember most vividly — the peaks and the valleys, the turning points, the places where you…Continue readingTake a Moment