Dextra and Sinister – Handedness, Dominant Sides, and being a Leftie
Did you know the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body and vice versa? Maybe not. But you do know that you have a dominant side and...
More Dragons
Review: Emma's Dragon by M. Verant At this point the trilogy ceases to be a retelling of Pride and Prejudice and becomes an overall Austen mashup. Emma is...
It's April!
So, some updates. Finished line edits on a story. Not announcing details just yet because the ink isn’t dry on the contract, although the line edits were...
Daddy Issues
Wynonna Earp 3.9 “Undo It” Okay, what a mess. Bulshar is messing with everyone’s heads because he needs Peacemaker to enter the Garden of Eden. And...
Modern or Roman – The Fall and Rise of Glass
York Minster - West Wall Glass is something we take for granted. Glass beer bottles. Glass windows. Wine glasses. It’s a technology almost as basic as...
Games and Dragons
Review: The Imperfect Deception by Ronald Morrison Do we live in a simulation? It's a question that's more philosophical than scientific. Some people like...
Family in space
Yup, it’s release time! Home Constellations contains my story “Foundling,” which is a sequel of sorts to “Song of Starlight,” published a few years back in...
Gotta Love Evil Baked Goods
Wynonna Earp 3.5 "Jolene" Evil baked goods. It's not a proper urban fantasy series without evil, demonic baked goods.(As a note, evil brownies in our...
Carried Off to Oz - Myths and Facts about Tornadoes
Thankfully, the massive tornadoes that were supposed to hit the East Coast this week...didn't. The giant storm was basically a bust. This is, of course, good...
Magic and Technology
Review: Crying Out For Magic by P.S.C. Willis I seem to be finding a lot of queer YA romances now. Draven is a young mage in his initial rotation to choose...
Caw, Caw, Caw
It’s March. The crows are holding their noisy annual family reunion. Sometimes on my balcony. And the cherry blossoms are out (atchoo). Did sell a bunch of...
Beautiful Cliffhangers
The Beauty 1.10 "Beautiful Beauty Day" I know they want to keep the pattern going, but this episode title did not really work. Byron releases the Beauty a...
Are Space Cruises Feasible?
The Queen Mary 2 in New York harbor Every so often, somebody writes a story about a cruise ship in space. So, let's talk about this...would space cruises...
Strange Romance
Review: Only A Chapter by Heather Tracy CW: Cancer, death of a parent This book takes a bit of patience, not because of anything related to the writing or...
AwesomeCon, Ho!
So, queued post because we have to be up bright and way-too-early for load-in. I will be at AwesomeCon all weekend with Jonathan Uffelman at table B15. I’ll...
Psycho Equestrian Killer Robot Lady
The Beauty 1.6 "Beautiful Patient Zero" This episode is another flashback. Musk, I mean Byron, discovers that the Beauty has a life cycle. It appears the...
What Makes a Mystery a Mystery? Let's Solve It
Abney Hall, where Agatha Christie wrote some of her books I got into a conversation with somebody because I insisted that a mystery requires a solved crime...
Unworthy Beginnings
Review: Unworthy by L. Marie Wood Honestly, I'm not sure I got the best impression of this book without reading it multiple times. It's a novel-in-stories,...
Spring Plans
So, reminder:I will be at AwesomeCon March 13 through 15 selling books. I will also be at RavenCon in April and Balticon in May doing panels and, of course,...
Billionaires and Wizards
The Beauty 1.5 "Beautiful Billionaires" Jordan is not dealing well with her transformation (the new actor looks spot on to the comics, almost disturbingly...