Back of the Envelope

Hurricane Irene was hyped as a dangerous storm here in New England.  But ultimately, its bark was worse than its bite.  There was a lot of r...

There's a saying that every writer needs to write a million bad words before he writes any good ones.  Like most aphorisms, there's ...

Kristin and I saw Cowboys & Aliens last night.  I had something of a professional interest, as one of my stories had turned into a weir...

Mike Duran has argued that the craft of writing is at least as important as creativity to a writer.  If creativity is about inspiration, cr...

In 2008, I wrote a story inspired by TVTropes.org ( WARNING : this site will suck your life away if you let it).  Specifically, I postulate...

I've finally gotten around to adding Bio and Writings pages to this blog.  I'd put it off because I had a feeling it was going to ...

In case anyone's wondering what's in a Presidential Suite at a hotel, I can now say that it's about the equivalent of a nice apa...

There are some things I think everyone should have with them at all times.  A cellphone is a common one.  I personally like to have a multit...

After spending two days in Pompeii and Herculaneum, we decided to spend the next day in Naples and see one of the castles. Castel Nuovo ...

Last time, I talked about the first part of our honeymoon, in Rome.  I've been negligent in talking about the next part, which involved ...

On the Tuesday after our Sunday wedding, we departed for Rome, Italy. We took an overnight flight on Al Italia, arriving around 8 am on Wed...

...happened two weeks ago.  Prince William married . . . some woman, I presume.  I really wasn't paying attention.  I was more concerned...

Given the events at Japan's Fukushima reactor , many folks, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have said that we need to take...

Welcome to the 117th Storyblogging Carnival.We had to skip a month, since we were short on entries.  Unfortunately, we still only have three...

I'm afraid I didn't get enough entries for a Storyblogging Carnival this month.  We'll try again in March.

I hate to do this, but I don't have enough entries to do a Storyblogging Carnival.  If I get enough within the next week, I'll post ...

 I've been writing a Weird Western story, and as a result, thinking a bit about superspeed (as it's an ability I want some of my cha...

Sometimes, you read about solution so novel, you just can't wait to see it tried.  This was presented by Jeffrey J. Williams in Inside H...

I bought a bed yesterday.  Or at least a mattress and box spring.  This is a product of two circumstances: I am getting married in May. M...

The next Storyblogging Carnival will go up on Monday, February 7th. If you use your blog to share your fiction, then the Storybloggin...