Well, the eclipse came and went, and from my point of view Sköll didn't really eat the sun at all, the lazy warg. (Norse mythology, he chases the chariot that pulls the sun) It was cool, I wish I'd had time to travel to the totality path, but... life. *shrug* I have some pics of …
Culture Shock (Wednesday Blog 8/16)
Some vacations recharge you, some inspire you. Some exhaust you, and some confuse you. I'll say that this vacation was largely exhausting and confusing, and leave it at that... but frankly it all pales in comparison to what I came back to. Emerging from 2 weeks in a tent, and spending time out of the …
Vacationland, part 2 of 2
Continued from last week.... So, a quarter century ago, when many audiobooks were still HELLACIOUSLY expensive and some were not so very good, there was a woman with a mission: Review books, and show people, schools and libraries which were good, and which were crap. Her name? Robin Whitten. She founded a magazine (then a …
Vacationland, and stories to tell. Pt 1 of 2
At the northeastern corner of the United States, sharing more of it's border with Canada and the Atlantic ocean than any other neighbor, lies a state known for it's beautiful summers and frigid winters. It's lobsters and pine trees. It's blueberries and ocean vistas. Maine has been eating seafood and harboring vicious mosquitoes since sometime …
Continue reading Vacationland, and stories to tell. Pt 1 of 2
Happy Wednesday, New Release
Happy Wednesday! Oh lord, I've SO MUCH TO SAY!!!! So... FIRST and foremost, NEW RELEASE! "Dim Sum Asylum" by the ever amazing Rhys Ford for Dreamspinner Press. Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it's a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue …
New Releases! Camden, Montana, Blame
It's new release-a-palooza! "Blame" by Jeff Abbott, with Bailey Carr, Vanessa Johansson and Lauren Fortang Sometimes the person you thought you knew best... Turns out to be someone you never really knew at all. A seemingly idyllic, close-knit suburban neighborhood hides deeply buried secrets in this emotionally intense new suspense novel from New York Timesbest-selling author …
Happy Wednesday! (7/12/17)
July, July. How ... did that happen precisely? I mean... wasn't it JUST June? I ... I could swear. Huh. OK. Anyway! Hey, new releases happening here man... very cool. Did this adorable romance with Dreamspinner Press for Andrew Grey: "Heart Unseen" which was just sweet as all getout. Love it when people learn and …
Happy Wednesday (7/5/17)
First and foremost, I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th celebration here in the states. For those of you in the rest of the world, I hope July is treating you well, the weather is decent, and everyone is healthy. So, you MAY have noticed I just got back from Berlin. (Nooo, Greg... …
All the World’s a stage: Berlin.
Berlin. A city with ominous overtones for a child of the cold war. Images of grey houses and razor wire, an imploring president and a soviet leader. Stories of loss, of triumph. Images of sledgehammers and celebration, and a sense of victory. A sense of distinctly European strangeness, a fever-dream mélange of art and music, …
Happy Wednesday! (6/21)
Not a long one this week, as I'm wrapping up my ONE HUNDREDTH BOOK today. 🙂 And then tomorrow morning at the taint of dawn, I get in my car, to get a bus, to take a train, to get on the plane... to go to Berlin. 🙂 I've NEVER been to Germany, I'm freakin …
