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Folks, I had a lovely time at OryCon, and Portland is a wonderful city— wish I had a chance to do more while I was there, but my schedule for […]

I’ve had one challenge that comes up in my worldbuilding process:  How do you research for a culture that doesn’t have a real-world parallel?  Or borrows elements from several different […]

Hey all– I feel like I haven’t quite recovered from World Fantasy, and this past weekend was taken up by a big project with the non-writing job, and now this coming […]

As is inevitable when a bunch of writers get together (such as a gathering like World Fantasy Convention), there is a natural tendency to talk about process and craft, including […]

Friends, World Fantasy was excellent.  And now I need to fall down and recover.  (Not as much as some people, as there was A Thing going around and some people […]

Rushing around before heading down to San Antonio for World Fantasy this weekend, but a couple things: Publishers Weekly on The Imposters of Aventil: “As always, Maresca’s busy city of Maradaine […]

Let’s talk about Helen Slater, an actress whose career peaked with her second movie, The Legend of Billie Jean.  Helen Slater, who had lead roles in her first two movie, started […]

Briefly: I will be at World Fantasy Con next week (since it is in San Antonio, practically next door).  I’ve got plenty on my plate right now, but in the […]

I swear, every once in a while I’ll remember one of the Many Many Times movies film and think, “All right, THIS movie is the apex (or perhaps ‘nadir’) of […]

I tend not to write things that would warrant a trigger warning.  Yes, I have action and violence, but I tend to keep it on the literary equivalent of a […]