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The Proper Way to Chill Your Drink

Posted on March 22, 2015 by admin

Fill your favorite glass with the appropriate beverage: Attach it to your favorite vehicle, in this case, Big Blue: Then take off in 40 degree weather for the first ride of the year: An hour later, it’s ready. Happy Spring.

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Crazy about Subways

Posted on March 16, 2015 by admin

(image courtesy of http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/METRO-image-143-resized.jpg-resize.jpg) I went to the Shakespeare Theater on Saturday to see a 17th Century French play called The Metromaniacs and, yeah, yeah, there’s an actual line in the play where someone asks if that means, “Crazy about … Continue reading →

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Busy, busy, busy…

Posted on March 10, 2015 by admin

…the entire past weekend, starting a little early on Thursday when Mother Nature showed up: and dumped 7 1/2 inches on me, turning the construction site next door into a scale model of Murmansk: Before the city allowed installation of a toxic waste dump … Continue reading →

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One and Done, redux.

Posted on February 27, 2015 by admin

This time, it’s The Cryman. Finished the first revision yesterday and, yep, I do believe this is the scariest thing I’ve ever written. If it ain’t, it’s in the top 3. Here’s the first chapter. At least, until the next revision: … Continue reading →

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Farpoint. Far out.

Posted on February 17, 2015 by admin

Never attended a Farpoint convention before and, heck, they were just up the road apiece in Timonium, MD, so Tj O’Connor and I took ourselves up there to see what was to see. This, of course: it being winter and Maryland … Continue reading →

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The 50-page Rule

Posted on February 7, 2015 by admin

I am about halfway through Elizabeth Baxter’s Everwinter, Book 1. I should already be done with it, but I violated the 50-page rule early on. What’s this rule, you ask? It’s a personal one: when I pick up a book, I … Continue reading →

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The Cryman

Posted on January 30, 2015 by admin

While The Ship Looking for God is marinading, I busted out another first draft that I hadn’t played with in a while called The Cryman. Apparently, it was QUITE a while because I was surprised to find that I had actually finished the … Continue reading →

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Substance over form

Posted on January 25, 2015 by admin

I saw American Sniper last night at the local Carmike. I usually do not go to Carmike’s or AMC or the other big chain movie theaters; I go to Alamo. Why? Someone brings you beer at Alamo. They don’t bring … Continue reading →

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MarsCon. Can. Con.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by admin

Saturday was the 25th Anniversary of Marscon, and since I had never been to the previous 24, what the heck. Drove 3-4 days down to Williamsburg, VA, checked into the Bates, er, Bassett Motel, and then moseyed over to the … Continue reading →

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One and Done

Posted on January 12, 2015 by admin

One revision, I mean, the first revision of The Ship Looking for God. I finished it this weekend. And I like it. It turned out to be 82,921 words, which is still well above my 75,000-word threshold for epic fantasy. … Continue reading →

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