9-9-09
Lots of folks are marking the date today by buying lottery tickets. For me, it’s a reminder of how heavily the number nine figures in the Immortal Brotherhood books: Nine […]
Muse
The World's Got Talent
Trust me. Follow THIS LINK, read the explanation, then watch the video. It will likely be the best thing you do all day. Then take a moment and post a […]
Lo-Mein, or my love affair with the noodle
According to the Oxford American Dictionary which is built into my Mac, to noodle is to “improvise or play casually on a musical instrument.”  For me, noodling is playing casually […]
Hope 2009
I’m smiling so hard my cheeks hurt. Following is the text of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, […]
Runestone Magic
A standing stone with runes plays a key role in IMMORTAL WARRIOR, but if I’d seen this wonderful augmented exhibit from the Cultural History Museum in Randers, Denmark, it might […]
Where ideas are born
I was going to blog about that here, but I had a commitment over at Shapeshifter Romance, so I blessed them with my wit and perspicacity instead (though I’ll undoubtedly […]
Free at last
Over at Murderati, JT Ellison continues her series, A Virtual Montparnasse, with a long, thoughtful post on the pleasures and perils of the Internet for writers—a common topic on writers’ […]
"With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross"
(quote from Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Someone on a writers’ loop I belong to recently celebrated finishing a non-fiction contract project. This is one she’d been grinding away […]
Avast ye mateys!
  It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day and  I’m practicing the pirate lingo I learned at the Official ITLAP Website, including the pick-up lines for Lady Pirates (my […]
Palin for President
Michael Palin, that is… Â Via Red State Rebels Â