Executive summary: I?m torn between two backpacks. Being torn between two lovers might actually be easier. Question for readers: What bag do you use, and why did you choose it? Thanks to Lifehacker, I found an excellent post by David Danzeiser about how he traveled the world for a year with only a 20-pound backpack […]
Submissions are now open for the 2015 anthology of short fiction (or poetry, artwork, etc.) from the Northwest Independent Writers Association. I’m the editor of the collection again this year, and our theme is asylum. You can find out more on the NIWA website. Submissions close on March 31, but please don’t wait ’til the […]
While out for my morning hike and listening to NPR on my phone, I once again lamented my diminishing vocabulary. I likely use a broader range of words in every day conversation and writing than I realize, but I frequently feel my word choices to be lacking. So I got the idea that I would […]
The three days of this year’s Orycon in Portland went by astonishingly fast. This was my fourth time at this particular sci-fi/fantasy conference, and my first year as a panelist. I was assigned to an apparently ambitious number of events?eleven panels, plus a twelfth I was invited to join?and by some miracle I made it […]
As I made my way through the first draft of Raven Quest*, I found charming little notes of frustration and commentary I’d left for myself while doing the original writing. I thought I’d post some of these here for your entertainment. (* Yes, I am behind schedule on publication of this fourth volume in the […]
James Foley. Steven Sotloff. These are not the first journalists to be tortured or executed for their profession, or for their nationality. Not even close. When I read the news this morning of Sotloff?s death, my heart sank and my stomach churned. I clenched my jaw and my fingers. In those moments there were no […]
As promised, here’s the list of books I finished* reading in August: The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green A Highly Unlikely Scenario, by Rachel Cantor The Final Solution, by Michael Chabon Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King The Power of Focusing, by Ann Weiser Cornell Losing My Religion, by William Lobdell Business Planning for […]
