Ok, I’m back. No, it’s not actually news blather, but you will have noticed I share at least three other blogs on fb besides my own, and this is why: fb doesn’t like people. Well, ok, let me rephrase that. They like money more than helping people. As soon as I see another way to … Continue reading
I’m a huge Mil-SF (military science fiction) fan. I have been since I discovered Drake and Ringo and I haven’t looked back. I find I’m much more partial to the books by those two authors: epic, ground battles, and the struggle of the common soldier. The grand sweeping space battles tend to leave me cold. … Continue reading
It’s Monday. Since I’m usually working on the weekends, and this one was no exception, I’m a bit groggy this morning. That’s also partly because I had a nice date-night with my First Reader and we were up late (late, for us middle-aged folk, is past ten, so you know. I may be a college … Continue reading
I read Amanda S. Green’s Nocturnal Origins quite a while ago. And then Nocturnal Haunts, the novella bridge, and Nocturnal Serenade, the sequel novel. Why am I doing a long form review now? Well, because after much impatient waiting, Nocturnal Interlude is coming out! The third book in the series will be available for purchase … Continue reading
I’m beginning to write Trickster Noir, the sequel to Pixie Noir. To get into the mood, I’m reading noir fiction. I’ve been looking for recommendations, and was given a nice list by friends. For Pixie, I was reading Spillane and Louis L’Amour’s detective stories. I’d been reading Hammett a few months before I started writing … Continue reading
Yesterday I was seriously under the weather, so I didn’t post the review I had intended to, my apologies… I also didn’t write today’s post at Mad Genius Club, that would be my First Reader, who brought his wit and humor to the topic of… humor in writing. The spark for that came partly from … Continue reading
Cedar Writes 