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Down, not out

Feeling down, but I can cheer myself up watching the credits sequence FIREFLY deserved!

The world gets a little hornier

Two new horn-faced, plant-eating dinosaurs discovered! And one has the Geekiest Name Ever.

Slammed in the head with a cast-iron skillet

Just finished my action/adventure novel rewrite. Result: feel slammed in the head with a cast-iron skillet. But happy.

Read it aloud!

I’ve started to read my writing aloud as I rewrite it. It’s one of those things I don’t know why I’ve not been doing all along. Both perceptive audience members at my readings and the amazing Critical Mass writers group advised me to try it. It helps.

As I think I’ve mentioned (although I can’t find [...]

Online interview

Randolph Carter* of Grinding to Valhalla interviews me on Wild Cards, gaming, and the craft of writing. Results are pretty good, think I. Please give it a look and, should you feel moved, pass it on.

And speaking of Wild Cards … over on his Not A Blog blog, That American Tolkien Guy reveals the [...]

Marvelous new critters for my fantasy novel!

So today Sara sent me a link to The Top 10 Weirdest Dinosaurs! One of them was Jeholopterus, a weird beakless flier I’d never heard of. That in turn led me to -

Cute little spud, ain't he?

- this little guy. His name’s Anurognathus. As you can see, he was a sparrow-sized, [...]

A busy day

Got much done today. Reread lots of my big fantasy novel manuscript (you know the one), walked Emma, and turned and sifted the compost pile, both for the first time in way too long. Plus, you know, stuff. Standard daily chores.

Along the way I discovered an Important Composting Don’t: don’t hit yourself of in the [...]

Stuff happens

Now there’s a snappy blog post title. I am the King of SEO!

Okay. Maybe not. Under the circumstances, it’s as close an approximation to a snappy title as I can muster. Deal.

First, though: enjoy the swell cartoon above, courtesy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Thanks to haikubica for turning me onto SMBC when [...]

Still alive & well

Every now and then, as Johnny Winter puts it, I know it’s kind of hard to tell.

This is alive and well?

Okay, I hope I’m doing better than that. Or at least look better.

Just a quick status update, the gist of which has been delivered. I’m driving hard to finish a book on [...]

A pleasant surprise

Normally the day after I finish a big project – and the draft of The Dinosaur Lords was, candidly, the biggest in my life, let alone my career – I’m depressed and sad. Separation anxiety transmutes to postpartum depression, to sling the psychobabble.

This morning as arranged Joe called a little after 9:30 about meeting for [...]