Here it is, the day before Christmas and a week before a new year starts. First off, I hope your Christmas is stress-free and warm, and you receive everything you desire (unless it’s a paddle-wheel riverboat, since they’re too hard to wrap without the shape giving it away and you’d need a living redwood as […] TTA Press/Interzone added my short story, “Seeds”, to their 2012 Advent Calendar project. Feel free to stop by and post a comment: http://ttapress.com/1528/the-advent-calendar-2012/ TTA Press does this annually, so don’t forget to stop by daily to read the latest story, plus don’t forget to submit a story next year, assuming the world doesn’t slip into a […] THE NEXT BIG THING Someone came up with a fun, kooky idea to get a bunch of authors talking about their upcoming work. After a lot of arm twisting, getting poked with hot irons, and some kind of water torture involving Jello, I relented. Nah, I’m kidding, ask any author what they’re working on and […] 
Spirited Away is an actual family anime – no fan service, no convoluted plotline, no blood and guts and robots. It is a good, solid story that shows a whiny annoying kid begin to take responsibility for herself and her actions – something kids need to see more of. Everything is concluded nicely by the […] 
