I enjoyed the IAFA Symposium in Orlando this weekend. It had been over two years since I attended a conference in person. It was great … Read more
I want to write stories that I would enjoy reading.
I enjoyed the IAFA Symposium in Orlando this weekend. It had been over two years since I attended a conference in person. It was great … Read more
Hmmmm. It’s not Wallander or The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. What I learned from thinking about Katla: It’s not hard to come up with … Read more
Finished my first re-read of Herbert’s “Dune” in decades, to prepare to see the motion picture in a few weeks. Sometimes when I read something … Read more
I attended an on-line workshop last Saturday during which a writer used the Bob Dylan Ballad “Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts” to illustrate … Read more
I finished a reread of “Nova”, a novel that I have considered one of my favorites since I read it in 1975 or 1976. I … Read more
Finished “Dr. Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak, my second Big Russian Novel. It was banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its portrayal of the … Read more