Thursday, November 22, 2012
A number of years ago, I’d sort of established it as a tradition to write a special Thanksgiving post here on the blog. (Check back in the archive for 2006–2009, if you like.) It is, longtime followers may recall, my favorite holiday, in large part because (colonial origins not withstanding) Thanksgiving is not based on [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
As if I needed more reasons to promote my ongoing Kickstarter campaign for The Littlest Shoggoth, it turns out that November is not merely the time of NaNoWriMo, it’s also Picture Book Month! I was, of course completely unaware of that when I picked this as the month to run a fund drive for my [...]
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Okay! Here we are … 2011! Everything is shiny and new! Well … just as shiny and new as things are EVERY morning. That’s really the lesson I like to take from New Year’s Day … because I’ve always found it a little silly to mark this one calendar day as a “new start” when [...]
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thanksgiving Day was terrific for me, and I hope it was for you, too. Now it’s on to the holiday weekend. For many people that means A LOT of shopping, but it also means more time spent with family and friends. With that second part in mind, I want to do my little bit to [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009
My parents’ 46th wedding anniversary was yesterday, and being a good son, I called to wish them well. My father doesn’t like to talk on the phone much … in fact, after about 45 seconds you can HEAR him start to get a bit fidgety and begin looking for excuses to wrap up the conversation. [...]
A good night’s sleep and I feel mostly ready to head back into the madness. My feet are a little sore … but I’ve got the ache of minor shin splints that come from too much time standing on hard floors. The thing that kills me at any convention isn’t the walking or the talking [...]
Dads are pretty easy to please on Father’s Day. You don’t have to take them out to brunch, or buy them flowers, or get dressed up … not for most of the dads I know. No, mostly what you have to do is remember to call them … and give them the “present” of being [...]