I finished up the first draft of A Darkling Nine last week, and good thing, too. I was swamped with events, including a trip to San Diego, and having to euthanize a dog we’ve had for 13 years. The second of those came as a total surprise to us, but… Continue reading
The second species I brought home from the Southwest Area Killifish Event is Pachypanchax omalonotus. Two weeks ago, I talked a little about Pachypanchax playfairii. P. omalonotus is a cogener (member of the same genus) and closely related to P. playfairii, but distinctly different. The common name is the powder… Continue reading
I’ve started this Thursday thoughts series with the 12 points of the scout law, which for the most part are good rules by which to live. Today, we hit the 5th point, a scout is courteous. Courtesy is something sorely lacking in society, at least in the U.S. This is… Continue reading
Today, I’m posting my interview with Maya Lassiter. She is a member of Codex, as I am, but I don’t know her all that well. I used the interview to learn a little more about her and what she writes. I hope you enjoy it. For somebody unfamiliar with the… Continue reading
Every writer has their own peculiar set of words that tend to be repeated too often. I tend to use ‘then’ a lot. I also have a few ways of wording things that are not efficient, nor particularly smooth reading. In the initial draft, I just let it go. The… Continue reading
If you follow this blog at all, you know I’m into tropical fish, and I keep a lot of them, both in terms of numbers and variety of species. What you might not know is that I also have two dogs, and the difference is night and day. While you… Continue reading
Friday evening, I struggled trying to continue my novel-in-progress into the next chapter. I ended up walking away from it after a word count of only 583 on the day. My target has been 1750 daily throughout this novel. I returned that evening and reread the last few paragraphs. After… Continue reading
I know I started last week talking about the fish I brought home from SAKE, but I made a chance discovery this week and I want to talk about these guys before I forget. One of our local fish stores in Phoenix, AquaTouch, had in stock a tank of Norman’s… Continue reading
I’ve been hitting the 12 points of the scout law to kick off Thursday thoughts because it’s a good list by which to live a life, for the most part. This week is point 4, a scout is friendly. This is a tough one to write about because it’s so… Continue reading
Today I’m chatting with writer Christine Amsden. I have known her (virtually) since 2005 when I joined Codex, though we have never met in person. One of these days we’ll correct that. I hope you enjoy learning more about her, and click through to check out her website. For somebody… Continue reading
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