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I received my contributor copy of the 2010 SK Library desk calendar yesterday. The image here doesn’t capture the cover’s beauty. It is a hologram with amazing depth. The maze looks like it goes all the way through the book. … Continue reading →

He delivered the insult casually, as if it were a matter of little import. “I’m writing a story with someone else first,” he wrote in a brief e-mail message. “I think I can slot you in some time in 2011. … Continue reading →

Halloween seemd to get off to a late start around here. It was well past 6:30 when the first munchkins showed up at the door. Or was it 7:30. I got confused because, industrious soul that I am, I reset … Continue reading →

I know, I’m messing with you with the title. Screwing with the mnemonic. I’d forgotten that this was time change weekend here in the U.S. An extra hour to do with whatever you want this weekend. Spend it wisely. We … Continue reading →

It’s unseasonably warm today. It was in the high seventies when we went to breakfast this morning and it’s over eighty, now, although it’s also raining. The snow that fell in Colorado is headed our way in the form of … Continue reading →

Wrote nearly 700 words of the beginning of Chapter 2 this morning. Progress is a little slow at the moment as I attempt to figure out how to dovetail this new beginning into the existing first draft. I’m coming at … Continue reading →

I’m getting back to the novel after being distracted by other things. I did another intensive pass through Chapter 1 this morning, taking my agent’s comments into consideration, and now I’m ready to charge forward with Chapter 2. At this … Continue reading →

Spent the weekend in Galveston attending my wife’s 30th high school reunion. I tagged along and enjoyed the wonderful weather. Went to a couple of the events, but I knew no one so I was able to duck out and … Continue reading →

Watching Randall do a faceplant on the gameboard on Survivor last night was a bit scary. The fact that most of the other contestants were blindfolded added to the situation. The second time he went out was even worse than … Continue reading →

…that The Mentalist will be a rerun tonight. CSI, too. And that Survivor will be awesome. The most scared Jeff Probst has been in 19 years. With Fringe pre-empted, that thins out the evening nicely. We had a torrential rainstorm … Continue reading →