25 years….don’t they go by in a blink. A quarter-century ago, the Wall between East and West Berlin finally came down, and a divided city and country began growing back together after 45 years of enforced separation. I was in the military at the time. When the Iron Curtain became porous, and the flow of…
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bow & arrow.
Back when I went to community college in Tennessee, I took archery as one of my P.E. classes, and found that I really enjoyed it. Ever since then, I had plans to get a bow of my own and shoot it regularly, but we didn’t have the space in Tennessee, and other priorities got in…
“lines of departure”, the goodreads choice awards, and you.
Last year, TERMS OF ENLISTMENT made the SF shortlist in the 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards. This year, LINES OF DEPARTURE has managed the same trick in the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards, which is nice. If you read the book and liked it enough (if you in fact LIKED IT BETTER THAN THE OTHERS), then by…
elections, schmelections.
Here’s my (not terribly prescient) prediction for tomorrow’s midterm elections: The GOP will most likely gain Senate control. They will then promptly assume that they weren’t elected because people are tired of Team Blue’s fuckups, but rather that they now have some sort of mandate to double down on stupid and harp on gay marriage…
angles of attack release date.
It appears that Frontlines #3, ANGLES OF ATTACK, has an official release date: April 28. Here is the Amazon product page, where you can pre-order the book if you are so inclined. There’s no cover art yet, but I’m sure 47North will update the product page as soon as there’s an official cover. In the…
my birthday, and also the audible deal of the day.
Hey, kids! For my 43rd birthday (which is, incidentally, TODAY AND RIGHT NOW), Audible got me a nice surprise: LINES OF DEPARTURE is the Audible Deal of the Day! So if you like taking in your fiction through the sound-holes in your skull, you may want to head over there and pick up a copy….
pencilcast #1.
noo yawk city.
I’m in New York City at the moment, attending NY Comic Con, meeting up with friends, and doing a little bit of Big City Stuff. I haven’t been back in the city since maybe 2000, so it’s interesting to see how much has changed around here. It’s kind of trendy to talk smack about NYC,…
they can thank “blackboard jungle” for that one.
This excellent and thorough Village Voice article on the outdated, arbitrary, and capricious knife laws in New York City is about “gravity knives”, but those laws share the hallmarks of most weapons-related legislation: They were passed in an emotional atmosphere fanned by perceptions and media coverage They have little to no basis in demonstrable facts or science Their intent…
october things, and paradise lost (which isn’t in october).
It’s October, which is my birth month and also the very best of all the months, especially in New England. I vote that we rename this month to “Halloween”, which is also the very best of all holidays. I mean, how can you not like it the best? There’s costumes, hot mulled cider, candy, and…