In my youth, I was a Liberal of the fiercest sort. I never went so far as declaring myself a communist, because it was clear to me, even at a young age, that communism would not work. However, I was for every other Liberal policy one can imagine. When John and I got together, we had…

Many years ago I read some books by Georgette Heyer (all that were in the local library, I believe) and came away with the impression that she was enjoyable but not particularly noteworthy. A few months ago, however, I picked up a copy of BATH TANGLE on sale somewhere and had it lying around unread.…

Yesterday, the cherubim’s human coil turned seven. For his birthday, we did something very different from our normal wont. A friend of ours from college drives a race car and had been inviting John to come up to the track to see him. One of the days available happened to be Ro’s birthday, and since…

Our new Anthology is out!  “Our” being Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeff Lyman, Lee Hillman and myself. This is the second anthology we’ve done, and they have both been  great fun. We held a launch for this book at Balticon and sold out every copy Danielle brought.   I’m too embarrassed to say the name, so you’ll have…

Arko’s Ten Commandments, as dictated to Arco’s “visible” brother, Juss, who shared them with me as we drove home today.   1) Don’t drive with the car door unlocked   2) Don’t step in the road   3) Don’t covet   4) Don’t steal from people   5) Don’t stomp in church   6) Don’t…

 Several people have asked if they can repost things I’ve posted here…post away. Everything here is for public consumption. If you want to add a link back here, that’s nice, too.

Gather around, Girls, and listen closely, for I have discovered the secret of men! Not real men, mind you. Real men, like real women, are mysteries only Divine Providence can unravel. No, what I have discovered is a secret, a clue, to writing about realistic male characters.  I first discovered that women, as a rule, were…

We bought a new computer recently. We gathered advice from a few of our computer savvy friends and picked a model that would cause us the least amount of grief. Basically, we updated the hardware but stuck with the software we already knew. The plan was to improve performance without affecting the rest of our…

 Here’s a repost of one of my anime articles from my Manga.com days… Lilac Hair and Enormous Eyes Ever wonder why your favorite anime character has chartreuse hair and pupils the size of saucers? No, it is not just a bizarre whim on the part of the Japanese. Both extraordinary features got their start in the…