Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • The chance to learn techniques from established authors is definitely worth the price of admission to Pikes Peak Writers Conference. Yesterday, science fiction author Kevin Ikenberry delivered a great lecture on the care and feeding of antagonists in the novel. Ikenberry was personable, funny and informative. He offered great examples to illustrate his points, delving…

  • Here’s the side of my formerly spiffy fake leather jacket, which I used to wear for work all the time, when I was getting paid to work. That’s, oh, six years back. Yesterday I dug it out of the back of my closet, where it had been undisturbed for six years. I tried it on,…

  • I’ve been traveling with this Osprey roller bag for 11 years. Bought it in 2014 when I was flying a couple times a month for work. It’s probably topped 700,000 miles of handling, thrown into planes, trains, buses, cars and at least one river raft four a five-day float. While it’s a bit scruffy looking…