Back of the Envelope

In a writers' forum I participate, the question has come up of whether writers really need to read.  The answer is yes.  I'm not one...

I'm old enough to have played the original 1985 Bard's Tale game shortly after it came out, in glorious 320x240 4-color CGA. That ma...

Last October, my wife and I went to World Fantasy in Toronto .  One of the things you receive at World Fantasy is a huge bag full of free (i...

A friend of mine, and a contributor to the now defunct Storyblogging Carnival , is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a tele...

My latest review is up at Black Gate.  This month, it's Robert Sier's Chains of Loss , but I've been calling it Cyborgs vs. Or...

From Instapundit : THE BROWSER UPGRADE I’D LIKE TO SEE: One where the tab that’s the source of the autoplay audio flashes or something so ...

On a writers' forum that I participate in, the question was asked about how to motivate a character to stick with his first love once he...

Kristin and I went to Boskone this weekend, one of the science fiction conventions local to Boston.  It's not as literary as Readercon,...

Today marks the ninth anniversary  this blog. I  know, it's Valentine's day.  Why did  I start a blog on Valentine's day?  Well,...

Throne of Bones is the first book in Vox Day's Arts of Dark and Light  series. It is not the first story in this world, however, and Vo...

My most recent story, "Local 623," is out at Nature Futures . Now all members of the Fraternal Order of Mad Science Assistants, Te...

I've posted another review of a self-published book at Black Gate , this time of  Noggle Stones: The Goblin's Apprentice by Wil Ra...

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...