Monthly Archives: March 2015

Take it as given that I am shamelessly procrastinating instead of working on schoolwork as well. Some more editing of my “Serenity” article to make it less of a review than it currently is and more of a philosophical reflection. … Continue reading →

So on the Baen publishing house website they have in their free library section selections from “The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, a collection of the best Holmes pastiches of the last 30 years…at least supposedly. I hope that’s not … Continue reading →

…I get to share positive press of my work. Here is praise for “Take Up Your Cross”, from author Edward Lerner: All the stories were — for my taste — well worth reading, and I found these especially thought-provoking: “An … Continue reading →

A fan said they “Can’t see Dumbledore as gay”. That’s it. They “can’t see him in that way”. Rowling’s response? “Maybe because gay people just look like…people,” This is a mindbogglingly stupid comment. I’m trying to write why, but there … Continue reading →

MAJOR spoilers below. Like, massive. You’ve been warned. *          *          * AVA SHOT BOYD AVA SHOT BOYD AVA SHOT BOYD IN FRONT OF RAYLAN That is all.

I was not as in love with “The Last of All Suns” as much as everybody else seemed to be, but I will say this: The final line of the story, and by extension of “Awake in the Night Land”, … Continue reading →

I have e-mailed several excellent and high profile authors recently and asked them if they were interested in contributing to a project I am working on. I don’t want to give away any information on it until enough authors have … Continue reading →

Take a careful look at this article on a human sex trafficking law stalled in Congress over abortion. The article says that .”..so far, neither side has been moved enough by the plight of tens of thousands of trafficking victims … Continue reading →

Lydia McGrew of “What’s Wrong With the World” just posted an excellent review and criticism of John H. Walton’s book “The Lost World of Genesis One”. I give it my highest recommendation. Go check it out. Mr. Walton posted in … Continue reading →

My article “The Philosophy of Serenity”, an expanded and more polished version of an essay originally published on this very blog, has made it into the fifth issue of the Sci Phi Journal, which I did not realize until the editor … Continue reading →