Meandering Monday about Wheat and Chaff

We just celebrated Easter Sunday – a pivotal day for Christians. The more I think about it, it’s amazing how Christianity spread across the world. Consider the communication methods of the time – no printing presses, radio, television, major media, or internet to disseminate the information, and yet it spread across the world. There are … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “New Antiques”

“New Antiques” was yet another go at a little bit of time travel, but I wanted to play with the mundane wonder of being a kid, having to deal with how fantastic reality can be. I saw this one play out visually like a movie as I wrote. Here’s the blurb: Tim Crabtree takes time … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Out of Place”

We’re still in the preorder campaign for my latest collection (Goddesses, Sleep with the Snowmen, and Other Fantasies), so it only seems appropriate to use another of the stories from the collection on this Fractured Fragment Friday.   Here’s the blurb from “Out of Place”: So many things out of place. Wildlife. Tribesmen. Husbands… Wildlife seems … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Breathing is Overrated”

Since I’ve just put “Breathing is Overrated” (my third Writers of the Future Honorable Mention) out online for its October 26th release date, we’ll go with that for Fractured Fragment Friday (and it’s a nice fit for Halloween, too.) Here’s the blurb: Left to die in the abyss of space, Jansen finds something to live … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about My Survivor’s Guilt

Back in February, my employer decided (despite an improving economy) to continue with their plans to reduce payroll, and they let a large number of experienced, knowledgeable, and talented people go. We’d been hearing rumors for months that this was coming, and various scenarios about who would be laid off. I fit into a number … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Knowing How Much I Don’t Know

Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. My next ePub is available on preorder on schedule (and goes live in 2 days.) I’ve cleaned up a formatting issue on my paperback (somehow, some of the pages in my 6”x9” template were sized 5”x8” instead), and so that version … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about a Different Kind of Remoteness

It is amazing how different technology makes things. Imagine that you lived when travelling from Europe to the NEW WORLD meant leaving everything and everyone you had known behind. After months of travel you arrive and begin taming your relatively unknown new home. And yet, we believe that people / neighbors / families were closer … Continue reading →