Book Review: The Backworlds
I’ve been connected with M. Pax, the author of The Backworlds, on Twitter for a while now (https://twitter.com/mpax1), and I…
Face blindness, or stumbling across story ideas
Have you ever met someone from work – someone you interact with every day – outside the office, and it took…
Ghastly words: suggesting sickness with language
I’m a bit of a word nerd. Maybe it comes with being an avid reader and nascent novelist. While writing…
Looking the other way
I met someone on a hiking trip once who made the very accurate observation that you often see completely different…
What does green smell like?
I was looking through old photos recently, from a trip to Greece than including hiking in Crete. It brought to…
Book review: The Rose Thief
At the end of last year, I participated in a 12 days of Christmas book buying event, in support of…
I for one welcome our robot overlords
So I’m writing a story about sexbots…it’s not what you think, but it means I’m reading a lot about the…
A Cup of Tea: a vignette
This story was inspired but a number of events and ideas coming together. It’s very different from what I normally…
My first year as a published author
As I sit, way too early on January 1st 2018, watching the very adorable but flea-ridden squirrel scratch himself on…