This blog will return to its sporadic postings soon, I promise. I'm swamped with my Bitterwood rewrites; this weekend is the effective ...

The yard sale went off today, moving a tremendous amount of Laura's stuff. I had held yard sales here in the past that always had poor...

I took Simon and Veronica to Laura's grave today. It was a brief visit; very hot, not a lot of time spent sitting around in contemplati...

I saw "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" last night, and the Pirates of the Carribean sequel today. PotC came highly recommended, but I was...

On the codex forum, a question about what elements of the writer's craft I possessed from the start. Did I have some inate gift for dia...

When the world crumbles beneath your feet, you may experience a freefall plunge. With any luck, you might fall far enough to enjoy the feel...

It's been two months since Laura passed away. I intended to come home tonight and write another article about her, or, more honestly, a...

I took Simon and Veronica to Laura's grave again today. We left some roses in a vase. Luckily, the vase fit perfectly into a holder th...

I believe in alternate universes. Currently, I inhabit one. I’m in the middle of rewriting my novel Bitterwood . I spend a good deal of my w...

I got an offer from Intergalactic Medicine Show today for my short story "To Know All Things That Are In The Earth." Considering ...

Last week I got home and found that a pipe had burst in the ceiling of my apartment. The running water had filled up the plastic casing of ...

So, last night I stopped by the Dollar General and noticed they had two-liter generic soda called "Cloverleaf Cola" that was two b...

These photos are from four years ago. We were at my old house in Stokesdale, the Mountain Goat's "All Hail West Texas" was on...

I read "Souls of Living Wood" last night, the Eugie Foster story in Modern Magic. I hate singling out stories in anthologies I...

Laura and I took a couple of great trips together. Very early we took a trip to South of the Border, the east coast headquarters for all th...

I finally got some editorial feedback from Solaris. Luckily, my plan for expanding the novel and their plan meshed well. Since I'd alr...

It's been a while since I wrote about politics here. Laura and writing have commanded my attention for a month. It's been hard to ...

So, I was driving home last night, full of memories of Laura that left me feeling both sad and happy. I then started mentally combining the...

The following interview was written for the Writers Group of the Triad Newsletter: My short story, "Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on...

I've been going through emails Laura and I exchanged over the years. I found some moments where she spelled out her attitude toward lif...