I want to share some of the research that went into FAR RIDER. Even though it’s fantasy, there are many things drawn from the real world. This research will be recycled in future books even though the worlds may change.…

As I touched on in my last post, there are some values to social media. One of them is online chats about writing. The problem, invariably, with these chats is you will have some wanna be writer who is an…

Will texted me a message this morning. “I think there’s something wrong with me. I’ve been wanting a salad lately.” This is a radical change in tastes for the man who avoids all vegetables like the plague (please note tired…

I hang out with several military people on twitter as well as knowing many of them personally. Sometimes the stories are funny and sometimes they are sad, but they are always interesting. Will talked about an experience in Iraq. He…

Even though I write fantasy, I tend to do a lot of research. History is often more fascinating than fiction, so I glean tidbits that will eventually work their way into a story. In the climatic battle of FAR RIDER…

One of the people I follow on Twitter is @Tourscotland, which is Sandy Stevenson’s account. He posts beautiful pictures of Scotland and her people. Today, he posted some pictures of a lady riding a Clydesdale in a horse show. This…

I bake cookies. A lot of them. I try to send two boxes to Afghanistan a week. Last week I missed because we were trying to get Will moved so I’ll send extra cookies this week. That means instead of…

FAR RIDER has been sitting on the back burner for five months. I haven’t opened it up since January 1. I played with SONG OF ILWEN and DRAGON VALLEY a bit, but I’m only 27,000 words in one each of…

I haven’t posted in a while. No valid excuse except my crappy mood and trying to get things ready for Will’s move. Anyway, this was a post I wanted to write, but I had to wait until I wasn’t so…