When I watch my cats napping in the sunshine, I occasionally wish for the peaceful simplicity of the feline life. Sleep, eat, chase a moth, then race around all bushy-tailed at 3am—what fun. But then I remember that their limited lives exclude many of the beautiful complexities and wonderful depths of mystery that make living […]
This past week or so I’ve sold two more poems, and I’m ecstatic about it! First, I “The Forbidden Path to Forgetting” to Fantasy Magazine. Fantasy! Magazine! I’ve been sending them since (I just checked) December 2005, and I love the feel of the …
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake SnyderMy rating: 2 of 5 starsSo … I feel as if I should preface this by stating I’m not really the audience for this book. I am a novelist, not a screenwriter, but I’ve hear…
The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster BujoldMy rating: 4 of 5 starsSet in a small Italian town in the Renaissance era (there are references to Lorenzo de Medici, so let’s call it late 1400s), but a version where magic and metallurgy run together, The Spirit…
Heartbreak … it’s inevitable in this life. Muse: Unless you’re a pyschopath. Are you implying something? Muse (whistling innocently): No, not all. When I think about heartbreak, I think about disappointment, but magnified. Most folks have experienced it at some point, whether it’s the job you didn’t get, the prize you didn’t win, or that … Continue reading When Your Children Turn On You