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I’m not a big fan of the Schwarzenegger Conan the Barbarian, but there’s a scene that sticks with me, even though I haven’t seen it in over twenty years.  At […]

This past weekend I went to see “Anonymous“.  Afterward, I found this bit from the New York Times review spot on: “Anonymous,” a costume spectacle directed by Roland Emmerich, from […]

OK, the title may be a bit of exaggeration.  But it’s not much of one.  See, writing a novel is something of a marathon, and on some level, you don’t […]

An online associate of mine is having their book published by a brand-new small-print publisher.  As in, their book is going to be that publisher’s first book.  Now, I’m not […]

I have a strange fascination for “Locked in a Box” horror movies.  Or thriller movies, more correctly.  In my personal definition, thrillers are movies where deaths and terror are happening […]

Here it is, Monday, and I almost forgot to write a blog post.  It’s been a hectic week, loaded with a bunch of minutiae that aren’t problems, per se, but […]

One of the things fledgling and prospective authors hear a lot about is “managing your brand”.  In rough practice, it’s a good idea.  Your brand is, in essence, your own […]

In response to last week’s opening, Leigh asks: In the event of having a series published and readers overnight flocking to consume every page, are you okay with them knowing […]

This marks my 150th blog post here.  It’s not much of a milestone, I admit, but it’s one that I think a lot of blogs never quite reach.  Several don’t […]

A sharp knock came at the old sergeant’s door.  The was odd.  No one ever knocked.  Sure, sometimes a young buck would barge in, usually to demand the answer to […]