“Virus” is a scary word. Having just been vaccinated simultaneously with a pneumococcal vaccine and a recombitant zoster vaccine—one to prevent pneumonia and one to prevent shingles, and slowly recovering from some impressive reactogenicity symptoms, I’ve been thinking a lot … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2019
After a lovely sunset ferry ride from Rhodes, Thor and I embrace the beauties of Kos, the healing island. NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my novel-in-progress, THE ARIADNE DISCONNECT, Thor and I knew … Continue reading
So you’ve put together this lovely, complex, detailed world. How do you convey it all to the reader, without infodumping? … Continue reading
Most of the fiction I read these days is by women. This is not a political decision, at least not in the sense that I have made a vow to only read books by women, but more a matter of … Continue reading
As often seems to happen in these days of seemingly endless inspiration, what I’d planned on Ranting about gets pushed aside by a more immediate ARGH that needs to be ranted about. And because the universe is a giving entity, … Continue reading
Let’s say you have a child, and if you’re lucky enough that she arrives with all the correct bits and pieces–spleen and fingernails and skeletal system–you feel a little like you’ve won a lottery. Maybe it turns out that the … Continue reading
When my kids were little, cutting finger nails and toe nails were quite an event. You had to be oh so careful and of course they couldn’t do it themselves. But eventually they could do their own. Now I’m trimming … Continue reading
I just got back from London. I’d chartered a Jettly jet to get back home as I was short on time. That is a pretty cool place, if for no other reason than it’s really old and there are lots … Continue reading
Join Thor and me as we discover the magic of Kos, home of Hippocrates, “the father of modern medicine.” NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my novel-in-progress, THE ARIADNE DISCONNECT, Thor and I knew … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) “Reduce, reuse, recycle” may be a new phrase, but it isn’t a new idea. Before the advent of mechanized manufacturing, the vast majority of people had a lot less stuff, … Continue reading