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Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool did bring to my attention that there were more books than the ones I listed, and so I went for another week of “upcoming release” for Marvel to go through an additional crop of writers. Wow they have a lot of writers. Still, not one who has anything nice to […]

I discovered Leigh Brackett, like many of the books I am reading recently, through Jeffro Johnson’s analysis of D&D’s Appendix N. While this book was not the one listed as an influence for the game, it was the only one my local used bookstore had. While figuring out what to read next, I picked this […]

In yesterday’s post on Marvel, I talked about the global problems that have gone on for a long time that have consequently torpedoed the comic book industry over decades. Disney is either complacent in this or they are pushing this decline of this division, which can only be described as a complete business failure. It […]

I do this reminder every week or two, just as a reminder because every bit helps: Pick up my book, Star Realms: Rescue Run. Leave a review on Amazon.  Share it with your friends. http://bit.ly/starrealmsnovel Join my mailing list so you can be instantly updated about new releases/giveaways (rarely email, just for that. ask anyone […]

I just found this after years. I adapted someone’s short story for 40k into an audio drama for some people online as I was very interested in audio dramas at the time (still am!).  Tonight, Daddy Warpig sent over a link to some old Shadow radio dramas from the 30s, which I found awesome, so […]

Edit: In retrospect, I should have titled this: “Literal Nazi Left: SJW Assaults Elderly Jewish Man”.  Oh well, next time. Cuz it will happen again. Even formerly nice places like Tiburon aren’t safe. This is why my wife tells me I’m not allowed to wear my Make America Great Again hat out, even to go to […]

Made a lot of progress in the last couple of days. Here’s the skinny of it while I’m hard at work: Edits of For Steam and Country coming back today. I’ll have to dive in and make my own follow up corrections to the work and work on the next clean up pass before copy […]

Yesterday I was asked, as I have been a few times before “I’m trying to write but what’s it take to be an author?” The simple answer is to write and keep writing. It takes hundreds of hours to complete a book, and you need to have several books if you really want to make […]

CIA, FBI, NSA, all of them have access to your tvs, your phones, your cars. They can hear or see anything you say or do at all times, yet they can’t catch leakers within their own organization and terrorists still slip through the cracks. And these are well paid, highly trained professionals with the resources […]

I am on yet another podcast today, the Baseball By Dummies podcast, one of my favorite podcasts on the sport, probably second only to Effectively Wild which I consider to be the grandaddy of them all.  They interviewed me about the Oakland A’s season this year and what I thought of it (as I am […]

  Well, crap. Those are the two words that me and thousands of other of Oakland A’s fans are thinking right now. He’s got a “lat strain” as reported this morning by Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. That injury is going to keep him out through spring training at least, and he’s been […]

When I started reading Poul Anderson’s Fire Time, I did she because I thought it was on the Appendix N reading list. While Mr. Anderson makes that list twice, this was not one of those books. However, I’m quite happy I found this magnificent author through this work first, and would highly recommend anyone start […]

When I’m about to head out for vacation, naturally I’m stressed as anyone else: did I get everything done at home? have I made up for my potential work absence? am I forgetting to bring something? Invariably, there’s an issue with one of the items above. But what adds to my stress as a book nerd, […]