I’m happy to be a guest at Balticon this year! I’ve been attending for many years and always have a good time. It’s four days (Friday-Monday) on Memorial Day weekend every year. This year is May 24th – 27th at... Read More

This is also somewhat a retrospective of 2023’s Year of Small Things. I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I am not sure I even really believe in goals anymore. I know Linda Maye Adams, a good friend of mine, does... Read More

Friday, Jan 12 5pm: Authors Just Talk About Their PetsSaturday, Jan 13 4pm: The Trick to Creating Believable Magic SystemsSaturday, Jan 13 6pm: Whispering Woods: Fairy Tales and Modern SocietySunday Jan 14 11am: How Fears Shape SuperstitionsSunday Jan 14 1pm:... Read More

Hey all! I’ll be at Marscon in January there in Virginia Beach, VA. I don’t know my panel schedule yet but I will post it as soon as I have it. This will be my first Marscon but I look... Read More

I will be in Vegas November 4-11 for the 20Booksto50K conference! This is a big conference held yearly (well…more on that in a moment) for independent, hybrid, and traditionally published authors that focuses on the business end of the author... Read More

Hollywood is in love with prequels right now. Sometimes they work…and man, sometimes they don’t. I think Star Wars: Andor gets it right. It’s engaging, layered, and shows many sides of both the Empire and the Rebellion. Now it is... Read More

Instead of New Year’s resolutions or regular goal setting, for the past few years I’ve been doing Yearly Themes instead. A yearly theme is more of a state of mind than a goal. You identify not just what you want... Read More

Caly came to us on a very windy day in March of 2018. A former racing hound, she’d retired after a middling career to a foster home with Paws on the Mountain adoption group. We met her in a Petsmart.... Read More

Caly and Sior are pretending they listen to me in this picture. Because while I adore them both, they rarely do. They are affectionately known as the Diva and the Brat around these parts. More details to come on who... Read More