A little thing that drives me nuts
So I just finished Jane Yolen and Adam Semple’s The Last Tsar’s Dragons. It’s a story of events leading up to the Russian Revolution, seen through the eyes of Tsar …
‘Asepsis’
“Do you have anti-bacterial soap?” “Sure. I got some from Bath and Body Works. Good stuff. Help yourself.” Delilah watched Nikos get up and walk into the bathroom. She had …
Greetings from Italy, fellow nerds!
Hi, everyone! I’m currently in Venice, and tomorrow we’re off to Florence and then Rome. We’re having a grand old time, and while we were at the museum shop for …
Genres and subgenres we hate
As this weekend proved less congenial to blogging than I’d expected (dog-sitting for a friend’s pups), here’s a question of the week instead: is there a genre or sub-genre of …
The Aliens Are Here Is Here!
In other words, the author’s copies of my book, The Aliens Are Here, just showed up at my house.Yeah, somehow I didn’t capture my name under the illustration (from 2008’s …
‘KYOO-PŎ-LĂ: n. a small dome on a roof’
The guard looks at you strangely for half a second when you tell him your destination, but then he smiled and explains how to reach it. You walk through a …
NYCC 2022 Day 1 Report: Sights and Panels
NYCC 2022 Day 1 was great for exploring the Exhibitors and Artists’ Alley and, combined with attending two panels, was a long but successful day. NYCC 2022 Day 1: The …