Moss Grows Everywhere! Or, Figuring Out North While Blind

While working on the third Roc Rider novel, I recently found myself in the position of trying to figure out how a blind person could determine which direction is north without asking a sighted person. The short answer: they mostly can’t. At least, not very Read More …

There’s a First Time for Everything. Even Setting Yourself on Fire

Let me be clear upfront that, no, I am not the one who set myself on fire. I did almost set my house on fire once. Pasta sauce-making incident, we’ll leave it for another time. But I did not set myself on fire. So where Read More …

To Canon or Not to Canon: When Stand Alone Stories Could Be Connected, But Don’t Have to Be

Even the most powerful of creatures fall before a canon. No, not a cannon. A canon. Or, more specifically, being declared non-canon. An example of what I mean is Agents of Shield and Agent Carter from Marvel Cinematic Universe. Once considered integral to the storytelling Read More …