Book Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Always read the afterword. John Scalzi has written a another fun book. It almost didn’t happen. It wasn’t on his radar. Rather, he intended to write a more serious, literary, brooding novel. Then, well, 2020. He put that book on hold, perhaps indefinitely, and wrote something fun. Sometimes you don’t want Beethoven’s Fifth, you just…Read More
Copperfield Books Indie Author Fair
On Saturday, May 21st, I’ll be at Copperfield Books, in Spring, Texas, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM for book sales and signing. Even though I’m not an indie author, they’re giving my publisher, Inklings, some space. Yes, this is the same great Copperfield Books that’s been on the corner of Louetta and Champion Forest…Read More
Book Review: Artifact Space by Miles Cameron
How did I not know about Miles Cameron before now? Maybe because he writes under three names: Gordan Kent, Miles Cameron, and Christian Cameron, depending on his genre. I’ll put my confusion aside for the moment to talk about the excellent book I just finished: Artifact Space. It’s the distant future and humanity has expanded…Read More
Cognitive Dysfunction
A few months ago, my agent, the wonderful Mickey Mikkelson, asked me if I was interested in writing a piece for Uncaged magazine. “It’s pretty wide open,” he said, “so, you can write about whatever you want.” That’s not an exact quote, but it’s fairly accurate. I did a little checking into Uncaged. The first…Read More
Two Live Events Today!
It’s a big day for SPARK fans and for anyone who just likes to hear me talk. Like me. I’ve been accused of liking the sound of my own voice. Maybe I should start a podcast. Hmm… Today, at 10:00 AM Central Time, I’m going to be on Voice America’s Technology Revolution: The Future of…Read More
Book Review: Spillover by David Quammen
This book was gifted to me by a friend who warned: Don’t be put off by the cover. That’s good advice. The fang-baring baboon instantly gave me the impression that the book was going to have animals attacking people – rabid primates munching on unsuspecting children as they walk to school. That’s not it at…Read More
Live event tonight!
Tonight from 9-11 PM Central Time in the US, I’ll be live on Talk in the Night. Live. That’s a bit unnerving. No editing, no post-production clean up to get rid of the awkward pauses and verbal stumbles. Drop an F bomb and it’s out there for posterity. No pressure. The host, Paranormal Phil, and…Read More
Book Review: Never by Ken Follett
Not truly sci fi, but…could be. Very near future. Maybe present day. This book is a page-turner. It was very hard to put down. I’ve read some of Follett’s work before and generally loved them. This was no different. My wife also loves Follett and I’m grateful that he lives in a completely different country,…Read More
10 Questions with Fern Brady
Fern Brady operates at full throttle. She is the CEO and Owner of Inklings Publishing (my publisher). She is a polymath with careers in teaching and real estate. Oh, yeah, she’s also an author, and is the head of the Houston Writer’s Guild. Full. Throttle. Her debut novel, United Vidden, came out in 2020 and…Read More
NBC Radio House of Mystery Interview
Tonight my interview with Alan R. Warren and David North-Martino airs at 9:00 PM. If you remember, Al is the guy who called me out for a comment I made here regarding interviewers not reading books, blogs, etc., before they do an interview and are therefore stuck with “standard” questions. Not so with these two….Read More