Why The Picatrix?
One of the benefits of researching is that you fall upon obscure works. I hunted down the Picatrix because it was mentioned as a grimoire...
Swimming: A Sample Post
Swimming always brings good times to mind: lazy summer days, birthday parties for little kids, and long days doing cannonball dives with...

Too Many Exclamation Points
I just finished reading a book of stories about imposters, and it had one terrible thing in common with the book of hoaxes I replaced it...


Not Being Snobby About Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction That Is Anti-growth? Someone went on Nanowrimo’s forum and asked if the participants thought fiction was ‘anti-growth.’ The...
Now, Imagine You're The Illuminati
There are few things more fun than giving other people something to think about as they wander around your home. People love a mystery,...
The Old 'Cures Book'- It Is Dumb
My dad inherited a passel of old books from a roommate that passed away months ago, and so he came around my house to let me pick some...
Random Thoughts On A Lovely Day When My Cat Won't Get Off My Lap
I just finished 'Eat The Buddha.' I started at midnight and didn't put it down for 5 and a half straight hours. It might have been more...
My Books Are Out!
So, I finished all my revising and put everything up on Amazon Kindle as ebooks. Now you, too, can experience narrowly escaping rampaging...

Good News! 'In The Service Of Meiser' Is Up
I finally sat my rump down and edited my historical murder mystery. I posted it on Amazon Kindle as an ebook. You can now read all about...
Reading Woes; Editing Procrastination
I gave up on Ken Flint's '1645' because every time Mike Stearn showed up, I wanted to toss my phone out the window. (It was an ebook that...