Personal musings and observations.
The Vampire has always been with us. It is found in the writings of the Babylonians anciently and is thought to date even to prehistoric times. They are usually described as sub-human or rotting corpses wishing to drink the blood of cattle or humans or whatever seemed to be a convenient walking food source. The […]
It is that haunting time of year. October brings with it a heightened interest in the macabre. My daughter, Tasha, is currently moonlighting (a somehow appropriate term) in a local ‘Haunted Circus’ attraction in our community where tents and an unending chain of connected semi trailers — sort of a portable haunted house — are […]
Artists, musicians, authors … we of the tribe of ‘the makers’ … are almost always self-employed. In America today that almost always means without adequate insurance if we have any at all.
The other day I got an actual, physical letter from CREDO wanting to know if my phone company wanted a ‘Tea Party’ president. Now CREDO is, itself, a telecommunications wireless company based out of San Francisco. As a company it is very active in what you might call either ‘progressive’ or ‘left-wing’ politics depending upon […]
Well, he’s not helping my bottom line … but Merry Christmas to all!
I’ve been working with Laura on the second novel in the Drakis series — tentatively titled ‘Citadels of the Lost.’ Occasionally, I’ve felt a little lost myself as there were three characters who had come along for the ride from the previous novel. They were members of Urulani’s crew — sea raiders from the southern […]
Two Roads to Intellectual Property Success Phil Athans, former Wizards of the Coast editor of both Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, has just published an article on ‘Intellectual Properties’ (IPs) and how they related to the creators original vision called ‘The Worlds that Outgrew their Stories’ for the online ‘Grasping for the Wind: Science Fiction and […]
My father just sent me this video from the UK … and I just could not wait to share it with you.
As a special thanks on this upcoming Mother’s Day here in the United States, I wanted to share this with you… This is from the movie ‘Babies’ being released this weekend. I’m looking forward to it!