Author Archives: admin

Tomb Stories: Fort Sill, OK

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

Set smack in the middle of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, is the Post Cemetery.                 Fido can’t get the plot next to you, apparently. There are some very interesting graves there, like these guys:      They were signatories to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Tomb Stories | Comments Off on Tomb Stories: Fort Sill, OK

Four Rounds with Apollo Creed

Posted on March 16, 2013 by admin

I’ve made it into the quarterfinals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, which is like surviving four rounds with Apollo Creed: you’re amazed you lasted this long, but don’t think you’re going much further. I’ve perused some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Writing itself | Comments Off on Four Rounds with Apollo Creed

The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Where No Cat Has Gone Before

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin

One day I was fulfilling Wander Cat prerogatives and climbed up on the roof just to see what was there. Nothing really, but the view was nice and I strolled around a bit admiring things, ending over the front porch, on … Continue reading →

Posted in The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat | 3 Comments

All of this leads to a shameless plug

Posted on March 3, 2013 by admin

A pal of mine, Jose Bogran recently discussed tech in scifi, or, more accurately, writing low tech in scifi.  What was cutting edge in 1950’s Asimov is now quaint and laughable, and the scifi written today becomes outdated almost the moment it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing itself | Comments Off on All of this leads to a shameless plug

A member of the Community

Posted on February 24, 2013 by admin

The NBC TV show, I mean. It is the only show I watch on that network, which may explain why NBC came in fifth behind Univision  during sweeps. And since Community only draws about 2-3 million viewers lately, looks to me like Al … Continue reading →

Posted in Those lesser mediums | Comments Off on A member of the Community

Full-on pansy

Posted on February 16, 2013 by admin

I’ve watched Downton Abbey since day 1, but that doesn’t mean I’ve turned into a full-on pansy writing Downton Abbey fanfic.  The show actually irritates the crap out of me. I mean, the whole Mary and Matthew dynamic makes me … Continue reading →

Posted in lesser mediums, like movies and TV | 1 Comment

Tomb Stories: Apache cemetery, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma

Posted on February 9, 2013 by admin

Creepiness: 2 stars. Coolness: 5 stars   Way out on the far end of the Ft. Sill range, is one of the saddest cemeteries I’ve ever seen. This explains why: I ain’t buying the forced cheerfulness. This is not a … Continue reading →

Posted in Tomb Stories | 4 Comments

As long as it needs to be

Posted on February 3, 2013 by admin

Get your minds out of the gutter; I’m talking about stories. I’ve got one that took hold of me a couple of years ago, a historical fiction about the disastrous Narvaez expedition, and it ended up about 8000 words long. … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing itself | 4 Comments

The Toronto Hunger Games Champion

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

…is running for the US Senate. Help him get there.

Posted in Northward Advance | Comments Off on The Toronto Hunger Games Champion

Good Lines

Posted on January 30, 2013 by admin

“The colonel was a disputatious individual, stubborn, easily driven to wrath, and possessed of many positive opinions, most of which were founded upon a bedrock of nearly invincible ignorance.”  Robert Sheckley, from his short story, A Suppliant in Space.

Posted in Good lines | Comments Off on Good Lines