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Daily Science Fiction published my flash story,   "Draconic Motivation," a week ago in their e-mail list.  It came out on their we...

I managed to acquire quite a bit of new stuff in the past couple of weeks.  So much so, that it's been keeping me from getting work done...

I was going to write a long review of the final book of the Wheel of Time.  But, really, I'm not sure that much more needs to be said. ...

A week ago, I discussed my travails in getting my Java program working. After some hunting, I've found an improved version of the RTF...

My first book review of a self-published book is up at Black Gate .  First up, Tiger Lily by K. Bird Lincoln. In other news, I just finis...

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been spending some time learning Java.  In addition to the exercises suggested by the book I'm ...

These are a bit late this year, but I hadn't really come up with them before now.  I'm actually not much of a fan of New Year's ...

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 ...