The Bones of Time and Other Diversions

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with birthdays and holidays and various little things eating up my time in dainty bites so small you hardly notice until there’s nothing left but the bones. Speaking of which, this film is either brilliant or disturbing. Or both. Either way, I want one of those zombie puppets. [...]

Unclogging the Grate

Spent a fairly miserable time over the past few days, dealing with some sort of bug I picked up on Father’s Day — which was, conversely, a wonderful time out at Aurohn Lake with most of my favorite people. It wasn’t all food poisoning and friends, either. I acquitted myself admirably by clearing a number [...]

Strangers When We Meet

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin Been back home for a week or so — well, going on two weeks now — and I’ve been following up with the handful of contacts, leads, and introductions I made while at the BookExpo America. Apart from [...]

But for the Grace

Well. This is what it’s like: A big convention hall filled with booths, books and people everywhere. Thousands of them. It’s overwhelming sometimes and, eventually, all that I have left are little slices of memory and anecdote… …stormtroopers in full regalia, posing for pictures with anyone who asked… …the gorgeously plastic stepford drone handing out [...]

A Quick One from the Kitchen

Just popping my head in — while the children battle for couch supremacy, while I put the finishing touches on this evening’s Festival of Leftovers — to remind all of you that today is the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Elvis Presley. Also, thanks in part a a bout of insomnia that kept me [...]

The Candy or The Clown?

After the general activity and excitement of this past weekend, particularly the birthday celebration for my son, it seems to be somewhat anticlimactic to mention that I also managed to finish the third draft of the novel. At this point, I can say that the majority of it works fairly well. Apart from some unavoidable [...]

His Nibs

Long After Midnight

Rice & Treacle

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks (or months) and I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the past couple of days getting caught up and back on track with regards to the novel. I don’t know how successful I’ve been but I know a few things. First, I know what Juniper wants. [...]

Cold Comfort

For I-don’t-know-how-long-now I’ve been trying to write my way through the next sequence of the novel I’ve been working on. I think I must have more false starts than ever before. Fifty pages in, I just can’t seem to find the channel. There’s a lot of good writing in there, a lot of plot and [...]