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My sister-in-law was asked to teach some kids about the Middle Ages and Renaissance…
A local community college has invited Grace (my sister-in-law) to participate in their summer program called Kids’ College. Specifically, she’s been asked if she would be willing to teach a class (or more than one) on something having to do … Continue reading
Book News: March 4, 2023
After much deliberation (which sounds so much better than waffling, I think), we decided not to wait until May to publish The Dark Plaza. That book is on preorder now, and the release date is the first of April. If … Continue reading
Books and Cats
Writing-related stuff: Paul’s novel The Instruments of Faith is now available in hardcover. He’s approximately twenty percent through the first draft of the sequel. The Dark Plaza (final book of The Awakening) will go on preorder sometime in March. This … Continue reading
Life: Editing, Cats, Art, and More Cats — the Usual.
Ever notice how any word, if you look at it enough, starts to look like nonsense? Well, after looking at the word house a few hundred times (and having to determine each time if it’s supposed to be capitalized in … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: January 13, 2023
But first, kitten pictures! That’s Soot Sprite (Sprite, for short), the new kitten. She’s older than she looks; she’s just tiny. It doesn’t show well in this photo due to the lighting, but she’s a black tabby with white/pale grey … Continue reading
Cover Reveal (and Blurb): The Instruments of Faith
A bright crimson stain on snow and the smell of burnt flesh… Dr. Michelle Fredericks is contacted by the FBI to assist in the investigation of a series of grisly occult murders in Eastern Kentucky. The case looks like a … Continue reading
Mullets and Massacres: On the Dangers of Using Jargon
(I typed this a few months ago and then didn’t do anything with it… Maybe I should have shared it around Thanksgiving instead, but I didn’t think of that, so here we are.) Let’s get the confusion out of the … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going
Happy 2013! No, that’s not a typo. It’s currently the first day (first few hours, even) of 2013, in the novel Paul finished writing on Wednesday. Truth be told, the characters in the novel are, for the most part, not … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: December 5 and 6, 2022
Dec. 5, 3 PM: At least 4,500 more words on book three of the “prequel series” got written last week, and this week is already off to a good start. Right now, about two and a half miles from here, … Continue reading
…And then this happened.
Paul referred to this as a “triple event”: all three of the older kittens jumped onto him at more-or-less the same time. The kittens love to sit on Paul’s shoulders. It doesn’t matter if he’s standing (as he is in … Continue reading
North of Andover 