Recently a friend asked me who my favorite characters from books were. “My own books, or other people’s?” I asked. “How about both?” she replied. A discussion ensued that I thought would make an interesting post, so here are my favorite fictional characters (not including movies & television), starting with the ones from other folk’s […]
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Some favorite quotes about writing: “If you have a young friend who aspires to be a writer, the second best thing you can do for them is to give them a copy of The Elements of Style. The first best, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re still happy.” — Dorothy Parker “Writing
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Independent writers and artists, who have always relied on the public square to reach their audiences, are now hamstrung by the corporate “enshittification” of the publishing world.
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December 2025 Hello all! Happy holidays and wishes for a wonderful New Year to you all. It’s been a while since I’ve written a newsletter—not because nothing is happening, but because so much has been! Let’s start with the big news first. My novella collection Quartet was accepted for publication by Quoir, a small publishing
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News from the Chief Bustard Spring is coming in upstate New York. Although the grass is still brown and there are no leaves on the trees, we’re hearing the cardinals sing and beginning to see the earliest of the early flowers, crocuses, snowdrops, and winter aconite. At this time of year it’s too much to
Fiction… and NON (In this issue: New fiction, Skeptophilia News, and MERCH!) Happy New Year! Here in upstate New York we’re settling in for a long winter’s… well, we can’t nap all the time, but it’s certainly occurred to me in the last couple of weeks that the bears may be on to
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