Started 1/26/26, Finished 1/30/26 I tend to avoid writing earlier than mid-20th century. The changes wrought upon the world by the Second World War changed literature, and for me at least, made it more readable. So here I am, at 70, reading Edgar Rice Burroughs for
Started 1/19/26 Ended 1/26/26 I eat this kind of book up. I call the category "popular history;" written for a general reader, concentrating on a single event of concept. I'd never come across Simon Winchester before, but now I'm certainly
Started 1/13/26, finished 1/18/26 I started reading The Expanse series last year, after several years knowing about it but ignoring it (because, you know, I have to prioritize somewhere). I’m not sorry that I waited, but I’m glad I gave in. It’s been
Finished reading 1/12/26 This was a hard mini-review to write, because I'm reluctant to say how much I disliked this book...while also giving it the same attention I've devoted to any Tom Clancy or Mick Herron novel. Maybe I wanted to like it.
Finished reading January 9, 2026 Please excuse the huge size of the book cover on the web version of this page. I can't figure out how to make the feature illustration smaller. Maybe next time... There are two cheats here: first of all, I started reading this in
2025 wasn't a stellar year for reading, but I did read stuff! As usual, there were too many re-reads, but some very pleasing new (to me) stuff as well. Though I quit tracking my reading in 2023 and 2024, I gave it another try by trying to remember
It’s Thursday, September 4, and yes, that’s me with a copy of my book in my hand. I received the author copy of my paperback from Amazon yesterday. This is an entirely new experience for me. For the first time ever, I’m holding a book I wrote
As I start this, it is Monday, September 1, 2025, Labor Day in the US. I started my self-publishing adventure (and it is an adventure) last Friday, and I’ve been making progress. I’ve also gotten myself thoroughly entrenched in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on my Nintendo Switch 2,
I’m about to embark on an adventure, and if I don’t get too distracted or lazy, I will document a bit of it. The adventure is self-publishing. This is a journey I’ve already started, but it’s close to getting serious. It’s already cost serious money
A few months ago I shared my novel The Immortal Remains with a friend. The novel was in the midst of being serialized and was pretty much in final form, after starting it about 11 years ago. She was at first reluctant to read it, since she'd read
This is just a message to let my readers (Hello? Anyone?) know that the blog is not dead, just quiet. I'm working on a couple of different things that are taking a lot of my attention, besides the normal life stuff (working, eating, sleeping). I intend to have
Hey, earworms are back! I’m not sure whether to celebrate or not. Today I woke up with Sia’s “Fire Meet Gasoline” running through my head. Seems like an appropriate choice, since things seem to be going up in flames all around us. As with so much else, I