This Saturday, October 13, I will be in downtown Westport at the Saugatuck StoryFest! Throughout the day, I will have a table on the Green for my own writing as well as the Fairfield County Writers Group and NaNoWriMo region. I will also participate in programming, including: 12 pm: The Female Voice in Horror Panel […]
Production Update
Now that the Containment Unit is completed (more on that in a future post!), I have a pile of projects that have been neglected to one degree or another since March. THE BANTAM I have a printout of the latest version and I will be going over it one last time, trying out some tips […]
My Meal of Woe
It began with such promise… Weekend pizza is supposed to be easy. I wanted to make a pizza. I’m keto, so when I want pizza, it’s not as simple as picking up a phone to order through an app. I’ve gotta make it myself. No problem, I don’t mind that. I have a great recipe […]
The Blog is Back!
Earlier this year, I decided to discontinue this blog and focus on creating exclusive content for my newsletter and for my Patreon subscribers. Around the same time, I also discontinued the website-based subscription of PHANTOM TRAVELER to focus on creating and maintaining that content for Patreon (rather than duplicating the effort). The idea behind these […]
The Senses of Sailing
Last week, I gave an Ignite talk at SFWA on the subject of sensory perception while sailing. The topic came from multiple compliments I received on the atmosphere I invoked for my characters aboard their airship, and I knew that came out of an experience I was privileged to have and wanted to share. The […]
Universal Translators, Alien Language, and Idioms
Last night I was watching Star Trek: Voyager and the episode “Nemesis” came across the queue. It sounds like a homage to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome with the inhabitants of a planet communicating in an “English” that is thick with euphemisms and idioms. It added interest to the conversation, but raised some questions in my […]
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