It’s been several months (August) since my cataract surgery, and I’m adjusting to my new vision. My eyes have recovered from the surgery and my vision seem to have stabilized. It hasn’t changed noticeably over the last month or so. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Táin by Gregory Frost In the north of Ireland stands a ring of stones carved with ogham symbols that only Druids knew how to read. It’s to this enchanted place the ghost of a chariot driver brings a young man … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series!C is for Critique. Criticism. Most of us hate it. We make excuses. We get defensive. But criticism is … Continue reading
Wild Card Run by Sara Stamey My uneasiness had blossomed into a case of screaming nerves, understandable considering the data I’d just seen. I rose and paced the control room, lights flashing across me from the rod, tremor roaring through … Continue reading
The Petroglyphs at Bella Coola From Part 1, Sept. 19, 2015: A visceral sense of place is very important to me when writing my novels, and after setting them in far-flung locales, I’m bringing this new novel-in-progress home to my … Continue reading
Read WHO, WHAT, WHERE in previous installments. Coninuing – Question 4: WHEN It isn’t a coincidence that stories told to all of us in our childhood used to begin with “Once upon a time…” The concept of a moment in … Continue reading
Are you struggling with your NaNoWriMo project? The Storybundle collection of books on writing for National Novel Writing Month is still available. Book View Cafe anthology Brewing Fine Fiction is part of that deal. In addition, Judith Tarr’s Writing Horses … Continue reading
My husband Darwin loves horror movies. I don’t. However, I drag Darwin kicking and screaming into super-hero movies, so in return I put up with the occasional horror show. Marriage forces both of us into dreadful compromises. When I learned … Continue reading
A day in the company of other people (either virtually or mundanely) does not pass without someone making an observation about people being on their devices—chiefly their smartphones. We get comments in restaurants while awaiting our order, on public transit, … Continue reading
I’m running a Kickstarter for a new space opera–it’s right over here, it’s funded and in stretch goals, it’s ending on Sunday, come and play if you like. This is the fourth one I’ve done, and I thought I was … Continue reading