I just want to remind everyone that the submission period for Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, is far from over.  There are still places available, and if you take your writing seriously and want to move in the direction of having a writing career, sending in your application […]

With The Man in the High Castle premiering its third season on Amazon, I thought I’d seek out the book on which the series was based.  I didn’t want to see the TV version before re-reading the book, because I wanted to see how well the original material was adapted. It took me a while, but […]

I’ve complained here and there about stories that don’t actually seem to get anywhere, or which get lost in a detour for a few hundred pages before finding the path again, or that can’t seem to work out what they’re about. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of television with much the same problem.  Original Netflix […]

Got any leftover ribs from your beef roast?  Here’s something to do with them. Slather them with mustard.  Then cover them with bread crumbs.  Then put them in the broiler, turning as necessary, until they’re brown and crispy and sizzling. Eat them with your fingers, as your caveman ancestors did. I got this from Vincent […]