What do you do when the creators of your favorite stories misbehave? When The Mists of Avalon came out in 1982, I was right there at the bookstore to grab my copy. A story about King Arthur? Count me in. I read the book, loved it, and put it on my keeper shelf. There was
Call of the Void - A Writer's Mind At Work What do you feel when you look at photos like this? What about when you're on high balconies? Heights of any kind? Do you get the strange sensation that you could just...jump? Even if you're not in the slightest suicidal? That sensation is so common,
Why was Fighting With the Left Hand So Dishonorable? If I didn't catch you already, this morning, and you're celebrating Thanksgiving, have a great rest of your day! If you shop at Kobo (and I shop anywhere there's a sale!), and you're in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia or New Zealand, then you might
I'm stretching the fact just a touch. It's actually only National Chocolate Cake Day in the United States, but c'mon...! It's chocolate cake. Do you need a better excuse than someone, somewhere made a national day out of it? And to celebrate the day, I'm posting here my mother-in-law's chocolate cake recipe, which is simple
I'm ironically aware that as this post goes live, Australia Day in Australia is all over and done with, thanks to the International Date Line. But it's Australia Day where I am, so I'm doing the salute, sans the tinny. 'on yer, mate. ________________________
Original artwork by Dar Albert, Wicked Smart Designs When I first started writing for Ellora’s Cave, way back when, the covers they gave me for my books sucked like a vacuum. I’m not being mean. They really did suck. In those days, the new electronic publishing industry didn’t understand how critical covers were for
Damir Kotorić Atlas Obscura reported recently that "50 Escaped Baboons Shut Down a Paris Zoo", which caught my eye. We're currently working our way through the three Planet of the Apes reboot movies and the post on Obscura made me think of the scene in the first movie when all the apes escape
Another anniversary date I didn't want to omit acknowledging. Western Australia Day was called Foundation Day when I was a kid, and we always had special assemblies on the day. The name was changed to Western Australian day in the 1990s, after I left Australia, as the old name had come to be considered insensitive
This weird little factoid made me pause: Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, because he only lost once in over 300 matches. Wow. Commenting as a non-American, I have to say that is not the usual image of Abraham Lincoln that seeps across the national borders. The man clearly had
