I've just got nothing today, folks.  I'm sitting here thinking that I need to post, that I could write about today's work, or the craziness already overtaking the election season ("Terrorist fist jab"?  I just can't get over that one), or the dinner party we just attended, or any number of other things.

I spent the afternoon writing condolence ( Read more... )

Nancy and I went to a wedding today, which we hadn't done in some time.  For a while there, everyone we knew was getting married (us, too).  Then everyone was having babies (us, too).  Now, perhaps we're entering second wedding territory (hopefully not us, too...).  Today's wedding was a second time around for one of them, first for the other.  It ( Read more... )

Today's post, "A Holiday for Storytellers," can be found at http://magicalwords.net.  Enjoy!

End of the week.  And it was a productive one for me.  Thirty pages on the new book; seven thousand words.  Yay!  I'd love to tell you more.  But a friend is here for dinner and there's talk of margaritas ( Read more... )

Not much to write about today.  I have a panel later this evening with L. E. Modesitt and Steve White at the VA. Festival of the Book.  Not sure yet what our discussion will cover, but I'm sure it will be interesting.  I'm staying with friends here in Charlottesville, enjoying their company and hospitality.  I should be working, but that will have ( Read more... )

How many times have you wished for an extra day?  How many times have you thought that if you just had one day without obligations you could catch up on chores long neglected, or take the time to write a letter to that friend you've been missing, or spend extra time with your kids or spouse or partner without feeling that you were shirking ( Read more... )

My local newspaper ticked me off this morning.  At least half of it did.  For those of you who don't know, the Chattanooga Times-Free Press used to be two papers, one progressive, the other conservative.  The papers merged and since neither editorial board was willing to cede control of content or opinions to the other, they both maintained (and ( Read more... )

I started playing guitar when I was fourteen, and I played all through high school, college, and graduate school.  During my college years, when I was most serious about music, I played in an acoustic trio that performed regularly and generated something of a following.  For years, I thought of myself as a Musician -- it was one of my defining ( Read more... )

Was on the road with my family for 10 days, and though I left with every intention of posting along the way, it was nice to get away from writing for a little while.  Saw many friends and spent time with family (mine and Nancy's).  Lots of driving, but we had Harry Potter books 2 and 4 on cd with us and that kept all of us, including the girls, ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm standing in the eye of a storm.

As you grow older with your cohort of friends, you find that life events come in waves.  For a while, in the years after college, everyone was falling in love and getting married; in the year of our wedding, Nancy and I must have attended at least a dozen other weddings.  Then, a few years later, all ( Read more... )