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By my estimate, I traveled far enough to circumnavigate the globe and then some since my last post. At the end of December, my wife and I flew to Okinawa to visit with family for a week, about 7500 miles … Continue reading →

According to my tally (you can see the whole list here), I saw 58 feature-length movies this year. Many of them are current–to within the last year or two–but others date back decades, with the earliest being the 1943 vampire … Continue reading →

Publishers Weekly, the premiere trade magazine for the publishing industry, reviewed over 8000 books this year. Today they released their list of the top ten most-read reviews of the year and, guess what? Flight or Fright appears in the #5 … Continue reading →

The four-day weekend is over and I’m back to the “real world” for the next few days. We cooked a lot of great meals (our first attempt at beignets worked out well, although we discovered they don’t reheat very well), … Continue reading →

I’ve been lax about updating this blog lately. Terribly busy on many fronts, as I’m sure many people are. I finished my fifteen-week stint with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Police Academy in early December, which has provided me … Continue reading →

As long as I’ve had a cell phone that allows you to customize the ring tone, I’ve used “Sirius” by Alan Parsons. You know the one, the lead in to “Eye in the Sky” made famous by the Chicago Bulls … Continue reading →

An interesting weekend. For one thing, I received two short story acceptances within about an hour of each other. That’s always nice. One of the stories is about ten years old and has been out the door over a dozen … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve written a post. Busy times–have to prioritize, and blogging hasn’t been high on the list. I’m working on a new short story that required quite a bit of research, but also trying (as always) … Continue reading →

Today marks my 29th year working for the same company. Granted it’s gone through a couple of name and regime changes over the years, but it’s still much the same place and there are a few people who were here … Continue reading →

The past couple of days have been exciting. Previously when I had a new book out, things were fairly low-key. We celebrated with a dinner or something, but there wasn’t a whole lot of fanfare. Things are completely different with … Continue reading →