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I received an email today from Kevin Newland Scott, who was participating in Deck the Halls: Grown-Up Storytime at the Salem Public Library in Salem, Oregon. And there, he read my story, "A Visit from Cousin Charles." (which you can find here) A quote from his email:...

What if there were a technology that would allow you to learn how to do new things with no conscious effort? According to scientists at Boston University and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, it might be possible. Click the link above to...

I wrote 50,440 words. I also took 6 days to recover. The question is, was it worth it? The answer is, I'm not sure (how decisive of me, eh?). Yes, I wrote 50,000+ words on my new novel. On a normal month I write around 20-25,000. So I doubled my output. The problem...

As I mention from time to time, I'm a fight director and an actor. About a week ago, my friend Kevin Robinson, a stunt coordinator, asked me to come out and stunt-double for an actor on a show he is working on. So I said yes. The video is a bit dark, but that's me,...

Congratulations to J.M. Frey for making the list with her great debut novel! Looking forward to seeing many more good books from you. Here's the link! And in case you don't know about Triptych, learn more and buy it here. Well done, J.M.! See you at...

Well, got through the first week and got 15,223 words.  My goal was 17,000, but still, not bad at all. I had a strong start last year, too, but didn't make the finish. I only managed about 30,000 words.  Just like last year, life is remarkably busy and I have a...