The Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars I give this book 5 stars really on the strength of three of its stories- The Light Princess, The History of Phtogen and Nycteris, and my favorite of all, The Wise Woman or the Lost Princess. Not that the other stories are …
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Here it is, the new cover for my science fiction novella, The Jammer and the Blade! I wanted the new cover to give people a better idea of what the story was about and this one features the main character on the cover, the first time I’ve ever featured a character on one of my covers. …
2013 It’s been a little more than a year since I published Into the Vast and I thought I’d take a moment to look back at my first year in publishing as well as take a look ahead to what’s in store for 2014. Into the Vast was released in September of 2012 with a and then …
The moon isn’t shining. It never shines on this part of the world. The perpetual clouds choke out its feeble light. Even the sun breaks through only infrequently, like the echo of some other age when things were warm and all the colors had not drained into the endless scraggly gray plateau. The wind never …
hiatus Hiatus is not all that uncommon of a word. In case you’ve never heard of it, it refers to a pause in a sequence or a break from a routine. And thus it is a very appropriate word for what I’m planning on doing for the Wednesday’s Word feature. You see, I track which …
Grand Prize winner: Renee Manning 2nd Prize: Chris Morcom 3rd Prize: Christa Scott Into the Vast Contest Winners: Autographed Copies: Jaime and Kristen Digital Copies: Halita, Jan, Madonna, Julie, and Aaron A big thank you to all who participated. The autographed copies should be in the mail soon. I hope you enjoy your …
sagacious This is a wonderful word. It denotes something wise, whether a person or some advice or a course of action. It his its roots in the word “sage”. I’m not talking about the plant which was sung about by Simon & Garfunkel, but a wise person. A sage is someone who isn’t seeking wisdom, …
C.S. Lewis’ death occurred on November 22, 1963. I would have liked to have put in the time to make a more proper, well-thought-out panegyric, but I only just realized yesterday that today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of my absolutely favorite authors, and I thought it would be better to …
