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Click for a brief vlog newsletter -- the "cover" is just a mock-up I hastily threw together I'm very excited to bring you a couple of...

A brief video discussing a couple of early reader reactions to The Silk Maidens--and Vialle in particular; the sluggish performance of my...

It's been a great month in Richmond--I can't believe this is my fourth and final update video from this lovely city. It's been a...

In this video we take a look at the 1983 cult classic The Arabian Nightmare , a dark, dreamy, Arabian Nights-inspired fantasy by British...

Click below for an illustrated book tour of Vathek , the 1786 pioneering Arabian Nights-style Gothic horror novel by William Beckford—who...

A big week! Wednesday I sent a draft of The Silk Maidens out to a handful of beta readers, and I'm really looking forward to hearing what...

Brief update from lovely James River Park in Richmond, Virginia, including my Election Day prediction, and post-mortem. Spoiler alert: I...

Click here for the Aisle of Misfit Books YouTube virtual book tour: Today I want to share with you a little-known fantasy, from 1923: The...

Click for the YouTube virtual book tour: Books from the Aisle: William Blake’s fantastic illustrations for Thomas Gray’s Poems, 1797...

Spoilers--yes, it is too long. By about 30,000 words. I may look distressed in the thumbnail, but not to worry, I have a plan! And plenty...

Finished a revised draft of The Silk Maidens at 11:00 Thursday evening, 10.24.24, the day of my challenge deadline. Despite the big push,...

Day 7 on the 11 Day to a Draft Challenge--it's going well--from the Appalachian Trail, on Peter's Mountain just north of Harrisburg,...

Update video from Charlottesville, VA and Harrisburg, PA during a travel week. Despite the travel days, still managed to make good...

Update from the Spanish Moss Trail, a 10-mile rails-to-trails conversion in Beaufort, SC, near Hilton Head, where I've been staying with...

Helene swept through Greenville and the surrounding area leaving a trail of destruction, downed trees, flooding, and power outages. After...

Linking to a video I recorded on Sunday, 9.22.24 and posted to YouTube as my weekly update. It was a hot one! Viewers may be subjected to...

Instead of a text-heavy post, I'm linking to a video I recorded on Sunday, 9.15.24 and posted to YouTube. Aiming for regular Sunday...

https://youtu.be/no_elVGGgW8 It’s one of my favorite jokes, from an early episode of The Simpsons: Mr. Burns shows Homer a room where the...

I have been a soccer fan since the days of “Soccer Made in Germany,” when the only professional soccer available on TV was PBS’s weekly...

This was an idea that I’d had rattling around in notebooks and on old 3-1/2” floppy disks (remember those?) for at least two decades, so...