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Musically, I have waxed nostalgic over the past couple of days and, thanks to YouTube, I’ve been watching videos of some of the bands I listened to non-stop back in the 1970s and ’80s. Let’s do a poll, shall we? I’ve limited this to American bands, which rules out Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath,…

I’ve graded everything I brought home. And I have to say I’m a bit disappointed. The three core classes actually did pretty well on the benchmark essays where they simply came in, got the prompt and spent the class period writing. What was so frustrating was the overall sloppiness of the persuasive essay my two…

It’s homecoming night at Western Heights. I left the game at the start of the fourth quarter. We were whipping the Northwest Classen Knights 27-9 at that point. Homecoming has been interesting. High schoolers acting like third graders in bigger bodies … Oh, did I write that out loud? Benchmark testing — or nine-weeks tests…

For some reason, the past week or so I’ve been all nostalgic for books I read when I was a kid. One of those is The Teddy Bear Twins. I actually still have my copy of this one, but there are pages missing. (I’m sure my sister is responsible for that.) I can remember sitting…

What does a real live Okie look like? What does he sound like? Here’s yer chance to find out … if you think you can stand it. FearZone.net posted a video of me reading my story “Noodlers Nab Nekkid Nymphs.” You can see it here. However, I have to warn you, THIS IS NOT WORK…

Another good time at a great convention! Tim Miller and his crew put on a really good gathering and it’s always fun to join them. Usually I’m there on Saturday and Sunday, but this year I went for Friday and Saturday. I was on several panels Friday, including one about how vampires and better than…

So, I missed a call today from a man who wanted to talk to me about one of my books. I knew it had to be Murdered by Human Wolves. What other book could inspire that? There were several scenarios I considered based on previous experience. I called the guy back, and it was even…

My baby girl is a teenager today. She’s acted like one for a while, but today she officially really is 13 years old. That’s hard to believe. Seems like just a year or so back that she was being born, pink and slimy and making me so happy to have a little baby girl. Today…

There’s been talk of this for a couple of years, and now it looks like it’ll finally happen. My novella Murdered by Human Wolves will be re-released as a trade paperback, with new cover art. This is good news for a few reasons. First, Kirk Alberts is doing the new cover. Kirk is the man…

Inheritance update: 18,915 / 25,000(75.7%) Almost 2,000 words tonight. Under the influence of Nyquil, no less. Damn head cold! It came on yesterday afternoon, announcing itself with a slightly scratchy throat before closing off my nasal passages. What I wrote may be crap. The main action of tonight’s chapter is the mother chaining the two…