Emmie Christie is doing a solid for the writing community by taking a week to review a single writer s stories, posting What You Should Read reviews on the InkFoundry website, and spreading the word on social media. This is greatly appreciated because getting the word out on (and comments on) a story is always an Continue reading Emmie Christie reviews 14 of my stories!
My story Wheat Bread and Honeycomb was published back in the August 2023 issue of Worlds of Possibility. Back then I drafted this blog post about how that story came to be, but it kinda got left on the shelf. Well, bout time it saw the light of day! # In the 1960s my family Continue reading About Wheat Bread and Honeycomb
I finished reading A World Appears appears a few weeks ago and have been thinking about it off and on ever since. The author, Michael Pollan, appeared as a guest on the Colbert Show on February 20, 2026 (Part 1, Part 2) to talk about this new book. Their conversation about consciousness—what it is and Continue reading They think differently. Some takeaways from Michael Pollan s A World Appears…
For several years Tammy the Dog and I hiked the wooded hillside up behind our house every Sunday morning (though weather might shift it a day). I would take pictures and then later that day or the next would post a Twitter thread. Well, Twitter is gone and unfortunately so is Tammy. Before deleting my Continue reading A Tammy s #CedarGapMtn Hike (December 13, 2015)
I really enjoyed the recent Nova five-part series Solar System: Worlds. I was delighted that more than one segment touched on specific aspects of some of the worlds that I ve incorporated into my published (and as-yet-unpublished) stories over the years. It got me thinking about making a list of the worlds of our solar system Continue reading Story Worlds of the Solar System
The 1995 BBC mini-series Pride and Prejudice came up in social media recently and I was reminded of one of the BitStrips comics I made back when I was doing a webcomic with it. My strip was called Dmitri Ronkonkoma, Time Traveling Avatar and featured a blue-skinned time traveler who typically had just returned from Continue reading Jane Austen 4EVR!
My micro-interview with The Future Fire about my solar system spanning story of hope, family, and exploration, Sun-Dappled Sheets of Methane Rain, is now up on their News Press page!
I walked on Mercury’s ever-shadowed polar ice; ate fresh fruit and vegetables from the greenhouse gardens of Ceres; made several “M M runs” between Mercury and Mars As I ve written here before, I became interested in space exploration at a very young age. And from there it s a short hop to becoming a fan Continue reading About Sun Dappled Sheets of Methane Rain
There is variation amongst word processors when it comes to what they count up when they re counting words. While getting an exact word count for a story or article usually isn t critical rounding off to the nearest hundred or for shorter items, ten, will usually suffice some markets have a hard upper, or an exact word count, Continue reading Count the Words: Google Docs, Microsoft Word,…
Taking a break from the usual posts about writing, I m going to talk a little about another hobby I ve picked up relatively recently, genealogy. While I ve had a passive interest in the subject throughout my life, it was only in the last couple years, once I discovered the vast resources available via FamilySearch.org, that my Continue reading Who are Jacob Criley s Parents?