goodreads, here I come

In another sign that I’ve joined the modern age, I finally got around to joining goodreads. I admit I’ve been interested in it for some time, and that interest was tweaked by friends Tammy and John, who are both big-time readers (and, of course, John’s a guy I’ve collaborated with a few times). I was […]

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What You Get When You Trust a Cat

So, today, as usual, I expected the cat to wake me up at 6:00. This is what the cat does. It’s my fault, of course. I’ve trained her over the years that breakfast is served at 4:30 AM give or take. So now I can’t sleep particularly late unless I go to a hotel. If […]

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Waterfall Swing

Here’s something Lisa dropped my way a bit ago, and I just thought was pretty danged cool.  Why didn’t they have these when I was a kid? Of course, Brigid, having been a swinging enthusiast when she was a young’un, may never have come home if she had found one of these. Share Me

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The Latest Shootings

Like everyone else paying any attention, I’m struggling with the fall-out of the latest shootings. I say latest because it’s clear there will be more. My thoughts on the whole subject are gaining more strength as I think about it and as I read and learn more. I tend to not take a firm position […]

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Five Magics Released!

I am happy to announce the release of Five Magics a new collection of my fantasy short stories in multiple e-versions: For the Kindle at Amazon.com All other formats at Smashwords The collection includes five previously published stories. I don’t write that much fantasy in short form these days, but, as you’ll learn below, they […]

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“The Collector” Appears in Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Masters Anthology

I’m terribly excited to note that Elemental Magic, an anthology edited by Mercedes Lackey, has been released–including my story “The Collector.” It’s available at this link in both Kindle and print versions. I’ll see about getting alternate links up for other versions in the next day or two. The anthology consists of nineteen stories in […]

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My Next Big Thing: Wakers

I’m a little late on this, but I’ve been busy on NaNoWriMo. Yes, life is tough. Anyway, a local writer, Paul Hoffman, invited me to participate in a My Next Big Thing blog tour. Paul is a local guy (assuming you live–like I do–in Columbus, Indiana, anyway), and he’s written A Murder in Wautosa, a […]

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