A week or so back an acquaintance of mine posted in his social media site that it was possible to be both against racism and against the Black Lives Matter movement. I’ve been thinking about that comment a lot. The statement made no sense to me, yet this person—who I do not really know, but […]
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Tomorrow in All the Worlds
I’m really excited note that Tomorrow in All the Worlds is available now for pre-order, and will be release as a Leap Year Special! This is a collection of short stories that have all appeared in issues of Boundary Shock Quarterly, which is a fun little syndicate of writers corralled by Blaze Ward. All of […]
Read More ...Start the Year with STARFLIGHT?
Happy New Year, and all that. I’ll have a bit more to drop here about that later today or tomorrow, but for now it’s nice to start the year by noting Kobo has included Starflight as part of their 2020 Buy On Get on Free promotion. Hey, 77 kind reviews can’t be wrong, right? Depending […]
Read More ...New Toy of the Day
So, I ran across the Merriam Webster Time Traveler, which is a database of words sorted by year of first use. I’m sure it’s been around for a bit, but this is the first time I ran into it, so now you get to play around in it, too. This is how I now know […]
Read More ...Motion Capture and Fake Video: Fact vs. Fiction
So it’s the New Year. I’m looking forward to making good things of it. Yes, friends, one of those things is Book 7 of Stealing the Sun. Sigh. It’s an exciting time, you know? The world is getting both bigger and smaller at astounding rates–there’s this massive press of information today that makes this period […]
Read More ...$250 vs $9 vs $1: Case #10,314 – How Our US Health Care System is Whacked Out
Lisa reads a lot of news, and naturally sends me a steady stream of things she finds interesting. Among items today was this NPR piece on a teacher who was billed $100K for care that was outside network. Of course it reminds me of my own considerably less intensive foray into such things. Of course, […]
Read More ...By Earth: Thorn Coyle
T. Thorn Coyle is a fantastic writer. If you’re in the mood for a story full of paranormal goodness, I’m sure you’ll be thrilled with the fact that the first book of her “Witches of Portland” series is free for a limited time on Amazon. Just sayin’.
Read More ...My Kobo Cup Runneth Over
Dear Kobo, have I ever told you I love you? I’m happy to note today that a whole bunch of my stuff is on special discounts on Kobo for a very short time. I’ll lay them all out here as best as I can. START A NEW SERIES? First, we’ve got the “Start a New […]
Read More ...Cat Toy of Choice: Green Things
Seeing that I have pretty much always been a cat person, we have pretty much always had a cat around. So, yeah, I know they can be amazing little things. About a year and a half ago, our household was graced by the presence of Sophie Angel Purrsalot, Queen of Ritz Court (sometimes informally added […]
Read More ...Year End: Looking Back At Mountains Scaled
It’s the end of the year, and I have to admit I’ve been feeling more than a little unproductive. This is sometimes bad for me, because I’m one of those people who can handle missing my personal goals for only so long. After a point I get angsty. You know what I mean, right? Some […]
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