Feeling Deflated
So, the New England Patriots were caught playing with deflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game. While we wait for their inevitable excuse--my money's on a reprise of Bill Belichick's…
Why I’m Rooting For the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl
I don't usually indulge in petty hatreds. Oh, there are lots of things I dislike--Republicans, BMW drivers, JJ Abrams movies--but I usually reserve my hates for those who've unleashed great…
Stuff You’ll Find In My Next Book
Here at Snowden Labs we're putting together the ingredients for Book #3, which following Summer of Long Knives and Dismantle the Sun into glorious land of Literariana. I won't tell you what…
The Yor Series
Readers of the other site will know that Casey Raiha and I have been riffing on bad movies for a while. The next one is the crap film classic Yor The…
Paris
I haven't fully gathered my thoughts on the mass murder that took place in Paris yesterday morning, so just think of this as a kind of musing on what's going…
Have Any Of You Lost Friends By Including Them In Your Fiction?
I haven't, mainly because I don't think I ever have included friends, relatives, or acquaintances in any of my work. Any of you who've read my works and seen yourselves…
2014: The Year In Things That Didn’t Suck
The general consensus is that 2014 sucked for many reasons. My lame list includes everything from the Congressional election results, to money woes, to the Oakland Raiders' Commitment to Excrement,…
A Peek Into My Process
I've started writing the party sequence of my novel-in-progress. Those who think they know me will point out that my usual approach to partying down is to say as little as possible and…
Dismantle the Sun Is Free This Week
So if you haven't read it, or if you have and figure a friend might like a winter's tale about cancer, family strife, religious conflict, and an ill-advised affair, you…
My Favorite Yule Tide Flicks
I know that some of you among the reading several plump for the more traditional pictures like A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life, or one of the iterations of A Christmas Carol,…