Steven E. Wedel

Finally! Some 23 years after the last chance I had, I got to see the real Van Halen (well, minus Michael Anthony). The important part is that Diamond David Lee Roth is back with the band. I refuse to acknowledge the Sammy Hagar era (or that other guy). Sammy was good by himself, but for…

I got a nice juicy bit of good news this evening. Bad Moon Books will be publishing something from me. With a name like that, you might think it’d be a werewolf book, but that isn’t the case. They’ll be releasing my novelette Little Graveyard on the Prairie sometime in 2009. Because they’re booked up,…

The new semester started at school this week. It’s been a rocky transition so far. I’ve discovered that I really prefer having my planning time during first period much more than last (fifth) period. I’m not a morning person. By fifth period I’m pretty well drained. Plus, kids just don’t do anything in first period;…

My oldest kid turned 16 on Monday. That’ll make a person feel old. No driver’s license yet. We went to get the permit today, but, despite the Oklahoma City DMV office Web site saying the place is open until 4:45, when we got there at 4:30 the, umm … “gentleman” at the door told us…

So. Here we are again. Another year has begun.  I suppose it’s time to look back, and plan ahead. What happened in 2007? Hmm. It started with a new job, as I got my first gig as a full-time teacher.  I’m still there, still enjoying what I do. The same job for a year; that’s…

 Christmas has come and gone and there was no invitation to The Jerry Springer Show, so I call it good. The kids seem happy with what they got, we arrived to and from our travel destinations with no problems, and I’ve not heard of any of my friends or family having problems. I win! Well,…

How do you keep 11th graders awake and engaged in school a few days before Christmas break? Show them Greg Lamberson’s film Slime City, then let them interview the writer/director/producer on speaker phone! I have to admit I was pretty surprised by how much most of the kids seemed to enjoy the film (low budget…

The ice storm abated. My kids went back to school on Wednesday, and I went back on Thursday. Yes, that means I had one blessed day home all alone. Ahhhh… I think about half my students decided to skip the couple of days we were back in school. The semester was extended a week —…

No school today. The ice came yesterday. It came hard, and got harder over night. It’s kind of weird to listen to thunder, see lightning and be pelted by sleet. Tree limbs are cracking like gunshots all over the neighborhood before crashing to the ground. We’re lucky here. We still have power, meaning the ice…

I try to do a little contest every year around Christmas time. I call it the Gift of Lycanthropy contest because that’s when Ulrik offered that particular Gift to Shara. Right now, my novella Murdered by Human Wolves is out of print as Scrybe Press works on a new trade paperback version. The only copy…