So two days ago it became official: I had to drop a convention. I hate doing that, though I had a sneaky suspicion that it might happen this year, since I had booked more cons than normal. Unfortunately, it was Ravencon which was thrown under the bus this year, and while I've attended Ravencon in … Continue reading Branding Iron

It's expected to be about 10-14" of snow here, so I'm all prepped to be snowed in for a few days. I should get that short story I owe done and out of the way with (sorry!!!). Short update. May have more interesting things tomorrow.

Wrote a very long book review today for the upcoming Kaiju Rising over at Shiny Book Review. It goes live at 4pm EST. So... four minutes or so. Good book overall. It was the first anthology I've reviewed, and boy was it a long one. Now I know how the people felt when they tried to review Lawyers … Continue reading Never Finished

Jason, you haven't updated in, like, forever! said nobody. Christmas was good for me this year. Most of you already know I got a 4 pound container of jelly beans (oh, and some cash) and some books and clothes (which, quite frankly, is all I ever seem to want. Cash, book, and clothes), as well as … Continue reading It’s Too Real In Here

We're all gonna die! Well, eventually. But if you read the news, you'd think it's going to happen every single day. I'm not sure why the human psyche craves sensationalism. Even in the days of ancient Greece, sensationalist news and information was far more digested by the populous than actual cold, hard facts. It's something … Continue reading Scientia Potentia Est

Oh no, I've been neglecting the site again. I've been quite busy the past week, since hunting season has officially kicked off and winter is starting early this year (no snow, but it's getting cooooold). The cows have gone home, though, so no more worrying about calves being born. Still haven't killed the coyote that … Continue reading Farm Fresh

I realized today that I need a FAQ on here. I keep getting asked the same questions over and over again and it would save some time to have them all answered and in one place. Wow. This entry looks more like a tweet than an update. You might have noticed that I no longer … Continue reading Briefs

At 11:30 this morning, I finished my last edit of Wraithkin and sent it off to the first readers. Cue party. I'll take a break for a day, write a review for The Doctor and the Dinosaur, which is Mike Resnick's latest "Weird West" book. Then I need to crank out a I, Godslayer and the my debut Tobias … Continue reading Never Be Dull

I'm putting the finishing touches on Wraithkin this week and preparing to send it off to the Beta readers this weekend (probably Saturday night), which is part of the reason I haven't really commented on the Virginia elections yet. I'll have something a little more concrete this Friday, but all I can say now (without going into … Continue reading Short Stay

I'm wrapping up a book this week, kiddos, so I won't be around much. Hey Virginians -- don't forget to vote today.

So apparently I am very, very allergic to poison ivy.Last week I was helping out in Mimi's garden, planting mums and helping dig up some weeds. I knew there was a little poison ivy in the flower bed (I'd planted other mums a week before) but I had thought I got most of them out.I … Continue reading Puffified

No, I haven't forgotten about my website. I just got the bill for my webhosting service. I always forget when those things roll around. No, I just moved back to Virginia and am... acclimating. I don't have internet at my house yet (I'm totally on someone else's internet... go me) so updating as regularly as … Continue reading Survival, Bronies and Hugos, Oh My!

As always, Larry knocks it out of the park. I'll add a few comments here. 1) I don't care who you bang. Or what. Really. I do care about whether a book is good or bad. Call it my "I live in a glass house so I better not cast stones" approach to life. 2) … Continue reading Publisher cancels book contract because the writer is gay

It actually took me a few minutes to realize that today was Friday. Wow, where has the week gone? My computer is making that "I'm dying" sound again, which comes at a really, really bad time. I haven't found a laptop I want to drop money on yet. This machine needs to understand that it … Continue reading Tentative World Domination Plans (v1.2.1)