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April 24, 2025, Reflections All right. What am I thinking about today in terms of writing? Odds and ends, mostly. My new collection, The Great Forest and Other Love Stories (see Publications for more information) wass published back in November 2024. I was pleased with the reviews and responses. I am eagerly awaiting the releaseContinue reading

Revisiting Backlist Titles or Shameless Self-Promotion #1 February 2024

I decided it would be a good idea to feature backlist titles, in case you may have missed them. Today: The Werewolf and His Boy The Werewolf and His Boy was first published by the late and lamented Samhain Publishing, in 2016, and re-released in by JMS Books in 2021. The novel is a fantasyContinue reading “Revisiting Backlist Titles or Shameless Self-Promotion #1 February 2024”

Review of The Pull of the Stars. by Emma Donoghue

Jun 23, 2023 Wow.This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of the influenza epidemic 0f 1918 in Ireland. At the same time, World War I is being fought in Europe. It is told from the POV of a nurse on the frontlines. Julia Power works “at an understaffed hospital in the city center of [Dublin],Continue reading “Review of The Pull of the Stars. by Emma Donoghue”

Review of Balancing the Weave, by Marshall Wayne Lee

Balancing the Weave By M.W. Lee (aka Marshall) Colonial Heights, VA: JMS Books, 2023 Anansi, god of the storytellers, has a story to tell. The gods have never left humanity and some have moved with humans, across continents, across oceans, transforming themselves as human cultures changed and transformed over time and place. They are stillContinue reading “Review of Balancing the Weave, by Marshall Wayne Lee”

2022: Reflections on Writing

January 12, 2023 I wanted to start what I hope will be the first of many annual reflections on my writing in the past year with an interview posted on January 8. J. Scott Coatsworth, founder and administrator, with Mark Guzman and some others, of Queer Sci Fi and Liminal Fiction. Scott and Mark areContinue reading “2022: Reflections on Writing”

Review of The Laran Gambit, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross

San Francisco, CA: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, 2022 Available from Publisher, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Book, Audible, and other sources November 23, 2022 I haven’t journeyed to Darkover and its universe for some time. I have been looking forward to a return trip ever since I placed my order for TheContinue reading “Review of The Laran Gambit, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross”

2023: A year in Writing

Post 4, January 8, 2024 In 2023, I decided set myself a challenge in my writing life. I decided to work on two different writing projects at the same time. I wanted to see if I could do it successfully, switching from one book to the other. I decided to try working on one projectContinue reading “2023: A year in Writing”