Literary Scatterbrain

Time was, I had a reading plan. Ha. Ha ha. Not anymore. Not since I got my first Kindle for Christmas 2011 (now I have three). Recently, for example, reading has gone something like this: Read all the Deadwood mysteries. Read the Mayhem in Mayfair books by Grace...

Dire Not Happening

I’ve been a little quiet lately. That’s because in the shower one morning recently, I discovered a lump. Since my mother died of breast cancer, I proceeded to completely freak out. After a week of diagnostic testing, my doctors have decided the lump is...

Snippet Sunday

            Vidar frowned at console. A human ship had made an abrupt change of course and was heading toward Tolar. He shook his head and tapped into their communications, then ran the long range sensor...

Women and the Bomb

The F-bomb, that is. I read a lot of romance novels. At a rough guess, I’d say I read at least 20 or 25 a month. The vast majority of them are written by women. The vast majority of those feature a female protagonist. The vast majority of those refrain from...

Stopped Short

I don’t have writer’s block (or is that writers’ block?). Far from it But Daughters of Suralia may never see the light of day. Why? Well, there’s just too much wrong with it. I may have to change the timeline. There are parts of it I’m...