What’s On the Slab

October 1, 2022

It’s getting cold at night, so Kathy decided it was time to have a roast beast. Behold a boneless leg of lamb, slathered in olive oil, rosemary, and garlic, and cooked sous vide for eight hours, after which it was flung on the grill to catch fire. (It did catch fire too, with all that […]

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Adventurous

September 29, 2022

A few days ago Imperium Restored achieved a #1 on Amazon in the category of Women’s Adventure Fiction. I’m not sure what that category actually means— I’m reasonably certain that Men’s Adventure features firearms being discharged in all odd-numbered chapters, but Women’s Adventure as a category seems far more slippery. So I checked it out. […]

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Mountainous Good Time

September 26, 2022

I’ve been off to the New Mexico mountains for the last week, in Angel Fire, hosting the Rio Hondo writers’ workshop, delayed by COVID for over two years. The workshop took place in mountain cabins at nearly 8000 feet, and featured food, drink, and serious discussions of literature— all the things that writers consider part […]

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#1!

September 20, 2022
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Counting Down the Hours . . .

September 19, 2022

Imperium Restored, a Novel of the Praxis, will be released September 20, 2022. Hey! That’s tomorrow! Find it wherever fine books are sold!

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Ears, Pointy, Two

September 14, 2022

I’ve watched three episodes (all there is, so far) of Amazon’s billion-dollar Tolkien fanfic, Rings of Power, and I find my reactions mixed. Public reaction so far has featured complaints that the series isn’t faithful enough to the source, but that complaint doesn’t have any weight with me. The filmmakers didn’t have the rights to […]

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Signed Books

September 11, 2022

Apropos the Privateers & Gentlemen books, a whole box of the original paperbacks has been discovered! Our friend Nadine is making them available here. All are signed, and all but one are unread and in good condition. You can buy them singly or buy the whole set of five. These have been out of print […]

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Five by Five

September 10, 2022

The fifth of my Privateers & Gentlemen series is now available as an audio book. read by the estimable Bronson Pinchot. It may be available only on Audible for the next 90 days or so, but that rule does not seem universally enforced. The Tern Schooner is appearing as if it’s the final book in […]

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Electronic Vacation

September 7, 2022

I returned home from Worldcon to find that my neighborhood had been hit by an electronic blackout. Without AC, our house was unlivable and we spent the evening with Terry and Jim, whose hospitality was much appreciated.By the time we got home, the electricity was on and the house was cool, but wifi and our […]

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Amuse-Bouche

September 5, 2022

Tesla’s Egg. The first course at Next restaurant, with a menu inspired by the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Nikola Tesla lit the entire fair with electricity, the first time electricity had been used on such a scale. Among the wonders on display was a copper egg suspended above a magnetic field. Here we find a […]

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