Steven E. Wedel

It seems that as I get older I take more notice of the changing seasons than I used to. I also find myself welcoming autumn and winter more than spring and summer. Well, more than summer, anyway. Summer means bugs and mowing and oppressive heat and high electric bills. I prefer the cool weather. Even…

If you haven’t noticed the moon the past few nights, by all means turn off the computer and get outside and have a gander at her. Here in Okieland she’s been rising orange and lightening to yellow as the night deepens. We’ve had some very light clouds the past three nights now, she the full…

“The Prometheus Syndrome is a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked rage.  It’s also one hell of a great read!”– Brian Knight, author of Feral, Broken Angel, and Hacks If you haven’t read Brian Knight yet, you really should. I haven’t read enough of his books, myself. He’s really good. And he’s one of…

Ahhhhh … the tests are over. The general test was much, much easier than I expected. There were only two math questions where I just guessed at the answers. I’m sure I did very well on that test. The journalism test, though … I really feel like my UCO education was deficient. Not surprising, considering…

Alex’s football team (Panthers) was sooooo cheated last night. They took the lead in the second quarter following a big interception return. But then the other team returned the opening kickoff of the second half for a score and actually got the extra point kick. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Panthers held the other…

Being online so much is kind of a double-edged sword. It’s a lot of fun, but pretty distracting. There’s work I should be doing, you know. Keeping a blog is kind of like playing with an automatic weapon without a safety lock. It’s fun to shoot things, but sometimes you fire a few rounds you…

A couple of weeks ago I got a royalty statement for Darkscapes. The statement was for the period beginning in January and ending in July of this year. No copes were sold. That’s good and bad. It’s good because, well, the rights were returned to me in June 2004. It’s bad because, well, the rights were returned to me…

It’s really hard to believe that it was 11 years ago today that Sara was born. So much has happened in that time. But I’ll never forget the excitement of that day. We both wanted a girl but refused to know ahead of time. (We already had a boy, remember.) Kim’s doctor at the time…

So … 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. Who puts a little fish like me on the same panel as Joe R. Lansdale? What can I add to a discussion about horror subgenres when Joe freaking Lansdale is on the panel? Not to mention Charlee Jacob, Angeline Hawkes-Craig and Rie Sheridan. I’ll probably be tongue-tied, but…

A bit over 2,500 words written this evening. Not too bad for an hour and a half. No, I didn’t get anything done this afternoon. Nothing but serving my kids and chasing away neighbor kids. 14,117 / 100,000(14.0%) There are two extra girls watching TV in my living room. I’ve already scared them and Sara…