I love the term "HopePunk". I try to write in the spirit of it as often as possible. What is HopePunk? you may ask...
Posts published in “Authors”
Queer Sci Fi’s newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here: Clarity. And there’s a giveaway. Clarity (noun) Four definitions to inspire writers around the world…
Clarity – Honorable Mention and Judge’s Pick Awards
My 300 word flash fiction, "Magic Mirror" will soon be published along with 314 other flash fictions in a collection based around the theme of "Clarity". Queer Sci Fi is the driving force behind this annual anthology project.
A New Way to Discover Books
Shepherd.com intends to give readers a new way to discover books.
Werks from the Iron Road releases Werk-Books Version 3.0
Werks from the Iron Road, a webstore and design house based in the virtual world of Second Life, has announced the arrival of Werk-Books Book Scripts Package, version 3.0, to its Second Life Marketplace webstore and at its virtual store inside Second Life.
Authors in a Virtual World: The Second Life Bookclub
A few days ago I read from A Life Invented on the Second Life Book Club, a talk show that broadcasts from the virtual space of Second Life.
Meet Storyteller Fran Wilde
I discovered Fran Wilde’s imagination through Updraft. the first of the three books in the Bone Universe novels. Those books flew me up to a…
Social Distancing? You Can Safely Approach A Book
Over on my personal website, A License To Quill, I’ve started sharing some tips for getting through the isolation and social distancing many of us are doing right now. Since today’s tip is about free books and stories (including my own) and other forms of free entertainment accessible from home, I thought I would share it here, too. If you return to the home page of my personal site, there’s a few more “Social Distancing 101” posts I wrote about making use of food we normally toss out (going to the grocery store can be daunting!) I’ll continue a daily post as long as we are in isolation.
A Nose for Wordplay
Here is a little poem by Willard R. Espy, who wrote wonderful wordplay books in the 70s and 80s.
What I’m Reading For Book Lovers Day 2019
I’ll be finishing “Absinthe, Alewives & Alchemy” by Kate Henriott and Ted Jauw today. I met the authors at a Michigan Steam Expo earlier this…







