Journal
Browse here for posts related to all aspects of my writing life including
events, news, travel, research, mythology, and musings.
Spill Zone | Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
I quite liked Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series. He's real. He's believable...as believable as you can get for Steampunk Sci-Fi. Check out his latest graphic novel series. He's presenting it a few pages at a time starting today. A different way to read a story. via...
Benefits of Books in Physical and Mental Prisons
Another thoughtful post by Kristen Twardowski at "A Writer's Workshop". We often talk about books as escapes from mental prisons, but they have a place in physical ones as well. In US prisons, libraries play a valuable role as centers of entertainment and knowledge...
“And in the Darkness Bind Them”:
This is a lengthy and fascinating article about the beginnings of the fantasy genre and its melding with sci-fi. In the beginning was the word and the word was Tolkien. Written by K.E. Roberts: Editor-in-Chief of We Are the Mutants and a freelance writer. via “And in...
Creating the (Physical and Mental) Space to Write
This one caught my eye. It's an old question...where do you write? I handwrite in the journal that lives beside my bed to capture dreams and bits of books and moments of spirit. But when writing it's on my laptop in some kind of reclined position -- not good for my...
Reclaiming the Reiver: the Carr Clan
I inherited much from my father beyond a name. Three things that spring immediately to mind: blue eyes, fleshy lips, and a gap between my front teeth. I was fortunate to inherit only the gap: my father had a small extra tooth, a mesiodens in dentist-speak. My dad with...
Burns Bog is Burning
Lost by David Wagoner, from Collected Poems 1956-1976 Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes....
