Free Comic Book Day This Saturday (May 5)

All of you readers out there, don’t forget this Saturday (May 5th, 2007) is Free Comic Book Day, so get on down to your friendly neighborhood comic book shop and pick up some free comics.  Who knows, you might actually see something you like and become a hopeless addict like me.  Here is a list [...]

I didn’t win

Well, the winners have been announced for the contest at The Clarity of Night, and unfortunately I didn’t win. I have to admit I’m a little disappointed because I actually thought I had a shot at winning. Oh well. The nice thing is that for once I think I told the story [...]

Supporting Characters are Important

I’m about half-way through American Gods, and I’m still loving it. Neil Gaiman is such an excellent writer. Anyhow, in the part I was reading last night, Shadow, the novel’s protagonist winds up giving a ride to a hitchhiking girl named Sam. This character, Sam, is only in the book for 5-10 [...]

View a Random Post

Just a quick blog news item here. I have added a link at the top right of the page (underneath the Thinking Blogger Award) called View Random Post From This Site. Click this link and you will be taken to a random post on this blog. It’s pretty neat, though it’s kinda [...]

Happy and Sad and In-Between

I have to say that my writing life has been going pretty well lately. I’m happy with my entry for the Clarity of Night Contest (we find out who won on Sunday). Twelve people thus far have commented on my story, all positive, and it seems that people at least I made everyone [...]

Last Day for Clarity of Night Contest

Today is the last day to enter the writing contest at The Clarity of Night. Entries must be sent to Jason by 11:00 PM Eastern. Here are the rules. Right now there are 39 entries. Click here to view the index to read some great short fiction. My entry is [...]

I’m Back

Well, I’m back today. Thanks for all of the well wishes. I feel a little better today, and slept slightly better last night. Our daughter (11 months) was up again twice last night, which isn’t too bad except that she isn’t falling back to sleep as fast as she used to. [...]

Understatement of the Day

I apologize in advance for the following post. I will have a non-political post soon.
Here is a quote I just saw on Salon that I’m calling the Understatement of the Day:
When asked by Larry King why Jeb Bush shouldn’t run for president in the next election, George H.W. Bush said:
“There might be a [...]

Sick

Not much of an update for today. I am currently home from work sick. Nothing too major, just a headcold and I baby that had my wife and I up for 3 1/2 hours last night. I will post more tomorrow.
Also, I owe Cavan a post about the hockey playoffs, and will [...]

Stephen King on Violence and Violent Writing

I had a conversation today about the recent violence and how the perpetrator of these acts was said to have written disturbing fiction, with some in my group saying that these writings should have been a red flag to authorities. I took the opposite side of this, arguing basically that although now it does seem [...]