Back of the Envelope

I've been letting this blog sit idle over the holidays, while I've been enjoying time with my wife and friends, and a few days off o...

Kristin and I saw the first episode of The Hobbit last night, in "glorious" IMAX 3D. We didn't feel that the 3D added much, an...

My wife now has a new story up at Silver Blade Magazine .  The Guild of Swordsmen is sword-and-sorcery without the sorcery, and it's w...

The Dresden Files have been around for a while. Cold Days is, I believe, the fourteenth book in the series. Like any long series, there'...

If you're a regular reader of this blog, then you probably know that I'm reviewing self-published books for Black Gate . To that end...

I've been looking at Android smartphones recently. I still have a year left on my contract for my iPhone 4S, but once that's done, ...

It seems like mostly I've been talking about the things I've been doing with Black Gate recently, and haven't talked about much ...

Over at the Black Gate blog , I've taken on the task of reviewing self-published fantasy novels. I've received about 20 submissions ...

I have a post up at Black Gate asking for submissions of self-published books for me to review.  I discussed this idea here  earlier this w...

A while ago, I talked a little about reviewing people's self-published Kindle novels.  The reason for doing this is pretty obvious.  Sel...

I've been promoted to the status of blogger at the Black Gate blog.  My first post , a review of Vox Day's A Magic Broken , is now u...

The third and final part of my short novel "A Phoenix in Darkness," has now been published at Black Gate .  This is where the Domi...

The World Fantasy Convention 2012 has wrapped up.  It took place in Toronto, ON, which is within driving distance from Bostn, but it's ...

Here in Boston, Hurricane Sandy didn't do too much damage that we could see.  The public transportation stopped running during the secon...

Last week, I announced the beginning of the serial publication of my short novel, "A Phoenix in Darkness."  Today, I'm happy ...

Kristin and I will be going to the World Fantasy Convention next weekend, and we will both be on the panel "The Real World  in Fantasti...

I've spent the last weekend working on my writing without actually writing. That was frustrating. I had a story coming out in Black Gate...

Black Gate has published the first part of my short novel in their online fiction series today, and will be publishing the rest over the ne...

For the past week, I've received dozens, if not hundreds, of emails purporting to confirm my registration at one online forum or other. ...

You may have noticed that there are no posts on this blog between July of 2004 and December of 2009.  You may be wondering what's up wi...