...then here's a Jayme Blaschke story from 2006 you may enjoy: "Coyote for President".

Over the weekend, Kapoor finished compiling the critiques from the folks who read the second draft of Gone to Earth. Kapoor took the printout of the whole manuscript and wrote, by hand, in red ink, the commentary offered for any given point, page, or section. The manuscript now looks like it inflicted a thousand paper cuts on someone who then bled ( Read more... )

Here's one for the reptiles among us. A book cover featuring a Spaniard being devoured by a tyrannosaur.

Kapoor made an Ironclaw 2nd edition character yesterday, giving the draft character-creation rules a try. The first thing he noticed is that there are more gifts, fewer skills, and starting traits are smaller. This actually makes character creation, already quick, even quicker ( Read more... )

This discussion of the Feast of Shatmoy, the week recognizing the births of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, is a fascinating dissection of the Canadian version of this major geek holiday season. Kapoor thought it worthwhile to mention Second Night in the States, which some of our Canadian cousins view as a time of mourning. Here in the States it ( Read more... )

Sunday night, Kapoor finished his game of Final Fantasy XII (FFXII), after about 200 hours of game play. It's turned out to be the most fun he's had in a loot-based computer game since the Diablo 2 Expansion ( Read more... )

In September 2009, Kapoor suggested giving all Americans the option to buy into Medicare, the single-payer healthcare system for citizens age 65 and older. Dropping the age restriction would be simple, it wouldn't create a whole new regulatory apparatus, and would leave existing insurance companies free to operate their businesses however they like ( Read more... )

This weekend Kapoor ended the moratorium on looking at anything related to Gone to Earth and started reviewing critiques of the second draft. He printed out all 439 pages and transcribed by hand notes made by the first reader on pages 1 to 100. There is a lot in those first 100 pages that moves slowly and takes up too much space. Once Kapoor has ( Read more... )

Kapoor went in for his regular physical exam yesterday, and this morning at 6.41am the doctor called him back with the results of the blood work: Everything's fine except that Kapoor's blood sugar is too high! The normal range tops out at 100 and diabetes begins at 128 - Kapoor is at 110. The doc says cut back on sweets and starches and let's test ( Read more... )

Authors are often asked, "Where do you get your ideas?" As an aspiring author, Kapoor actually tries to keep in mind things which inspire him. For example, the root inspiration for Gone to Earth (and Five Toes, for that matter) comes from seeing Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks at a convention and hear him talk about why he removed his name from ( Read more... )