One small piece of advice: after declaring Apollo as a patron, do not then state that you haven't worn sunscreen since July, and therefore have no need of it at the end of August. This is foolish. And also a recipe for sunburn and/or sunstroke. Because the gods are spiteful. That's sort of their thing ( Read more... )

Highlights roughly in order:

• Spent quality time with my parents
• Helped set marks for a sail boat race
• Took a cruise of the Thimble Islands
• Helped pick monster zucchini on one of the Thimbles
• Ate blueberry coffee cake and Dad's Blueberry Pie (TM) with real Michigan blueberries

I just discovered that Steven Brust has a livejournal (skzbrust). Not only that, but Emma Bull (coffeeem) does as well, and comments on Mr. Brust's journal, along with several other writers I have not yet identified. This feels to me as though I've just walked into a coffee shop where writers I have admired since I was a teen are all bantering back and forth over ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned, I'm doing research on Celtic mythology for an upcoming project, and have looked into Teutonic mythology just to see what correlations I can find. The particular correlation I'm looking for is one I'm not finding, which is informative. It's also noteworthy that the particular bit I'm looking for (about the gods going underground) ( Read more... )

All of you who are reading this are probably already aware of my book, out there in the ether, and how it's not on Amazon (as I know I probably grumble about that more than I ought). Due to some hacker issues on the White Silver Publishing Web site, it's not currently self-evidently available there. This means, at the moment, it is near impossible ( Read more... )