I'll never be an Olympic gymnast, but watching these young athletes spin and flip through the air only solidifies in my mind my utter lack of agility. This doesn't happen to me when reading other authors. Instead of intimidation, I feel relief, a boost in confidence. I can't help saying to myself, Dang, if this... Continue Reading →
The City of the Drowned: Chapter 2
Chapter 2The HighwaymenThree horses swept across the grasslands of the Endless Plains, Xandr upon the bulky white stallion, Warrior; Emmalina upon the ebony Shadow, and Thelana upon the lightest and most swift, the toffee hued mare, Arrow. Before them a strong gale whistled and frolicked through hair and clothing, and to their backs the ominous... Continue Reading →
The City of the Drowned: Chapter 1
Forward: To better follow the adventures of Xandr, Thelana and Emma, it helps to know a little about The Dark Age of Enya. In short, the three battled a dragon and then a centaur, in order to rescue Princess Radia, the avatar of the Goddess Alashiya. During the fight, Thelana risked her life to save Emma,... Continue Reading →
The City of the Drowned: Prologue
Forward: In 2006, I started work on the sequel to my 2004 novel, The Dark Age of Enya. It quickly dawned on me, however, that POD (Print on Demand) was not a good way to sell books. Clearly, I had to seek big name publication. Two-thousand four was a painful time in my life, realizing... Continue Reading →
The College of Obscurity
I am not stupid, as far as I can tell, but if I am, maybe I can't tell. Either way, I appreciate all kinds of writing. My interests are as diverse as astrophysicist Stephen Hawking to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, from translations of Homer to French classics like The Count of Monte Cristo, to more... Continue Reading →
Rough Cut Fiction: A New Series
I juggle many balls. Between owning and operating a restaurant (anyone who watches Restaurant Impossible knows how hard this is), to being a father to two young girls (ages 2 and 7), to cycling (for health and hobby), I have a very limited time for writing. On my 36th birthday, I had a nervous breakdown... Continue Reading →
Grand Master, Indeed: Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury died last month on June 5th. In honor of his memory, I decided to review his 1950's masterpiece, The Martian Chronicles. I am almost ashamed to admit that I'd never read any of Bradbury's books before. I am familiar with many of the giants of Sci-Fi, like Wells, Asimov, Clarke and Frank Herbert,... Continue Reading →
An Open Letter to Neil deGrasse Tyson
The moon of Aenya in orbit around Infinity.I've been on an astrophysics bender lately, reading Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles as well as Neil deGrasse Tyson's Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries. It's interesting to see how a writer and a scientist approach the same subjects, how their ideas and focus diverge and where... Continue Reading →
The Devil’s Advocate 3: The Cliche of Cliches
Clichés! This was the obvious subject after my last two Devil's Advocate posts. Now I'm not talking about starting with Once upon a time . . . although I am not opposed to that either, I am talking about story telling conventions, like the orphaned hero or the one-in a million underdog or the prostitute... Continue Reading →
My Interview with Author Michael Sullivan
me: Greetings, Michael. Thank you for taking the time to chat with me today.Michael: Thanks for having me...I'm excited to do this.me: It has taken you a long time to get published. During that time, did you make many changes to your book? Is there a significant difference between the self-published version of The Crown... Continue Reading →
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