Quoth Og Mandino

“When an act becomes easy through constant repetition, it becomes a pleasure to perform, and if it is a pleasure to perform, it is man’s nature to perform it often.”

My Authorial Debut

“The Native Star” Trailer

Recent Entries

Finally, pictures!

My author’s copies, in all their glory.

Two copies sitting on my “magical reference” bookshelf. Notice how they magically look like books!

Speaking of magical reference books, see that cheesy Time-Life looking book “The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Magic”? [...]

Hot or Not: World Historical Individuals

Camera batteries still not charged, so while you wait here’s a picture of Leon, the kissable commissar! Probably just the most gorgeous member of the Politburo ever, especially when he whips off those little glasses and fluffs up his hair.

Where has the glamour gone?

So I know that all I’ve been doing lately is posting about book stuff, and while I’m sure you all understand I feel like an apology is in order. I know what you all really tune in for are the tales in which I describe the unrelenting glamour of my life. At the moment, [...]

My Plum Tree

One of the things I love about my house is the trees around it. The most imposing of these are the two huge walnuts — one on the side, and one in the back (though they may not be long for the world, alas, according to the tree trimmers we had out last year.) [...]

Copyediting and Cat Rescue

Well, the copyediting is mostly done. It was a quite a bit more grueling than I expected it to be. Sitting down and reading your own work that closely is like examining your face in one of those super-high-magnification mirrors. Pretty ugly. You come across some desperately infelicitous crap. But thank God, you get [...]