Links and Stuff: The 1,000th Blog Post Edition
Yes, ladies and gentlemen–this is it. My 1,000th blog article! That’s a lot of blogging. I know there are people out there who have been blogging longer and no doubt clocked up thousands of pages....
Category: Reading
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day Three
In which the air turns blue, the heavens open, and our hero says goodbye to his friends. Saturday was my last day of Bouchercon. The convention actually continued through Sunday afternoon, but I wanted to...
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day Two
In which our hero encounters lone wolves and cadaver dogs, writers with secrets, and a dream come true… almost. There were no downed power lines Friday morning, so my journey into Raleigh took about...
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day One
In which our hero comes to the end of the road, goes shark hunting, finds bones, and doesn’t eat barbecue. When I first told my wife about Bouchercon back in February, her pretty brow...
Book Review: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
This is a re-post of my Goodreads review for my non-Goodreads readers. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is the story of two Muslim girls living in Afghanistan: Mariam and Laila. Mariam is the older of...
Bouchercon 2015
I’ve always had a soft spot for mysteries, detective fiction, and even suspense and thriller stories. If you’ve been paying attention to my flash fiction, you’ll notice they tend to have a bent in...
New and Upcoming Books!
This is a quick post to draw your attention to some novels that have just come out, and one that’s due out in a few months. I’m highlighting these because they are all part...
What’s Up Wednesday Christmas Edition
I’m calling this the Christmas edition since it’s probably the last WUW I’ll be participating in this side of Christmas. Unless something happens worthy of a WUW post next week. But I’m not anticipating...
What’s Up Wednesday: Thanksgiving Edition
It’s the day before Thanksgiving here in the US, so it seems fitting to do a quick stock-take of what’s going on in my world right now. If you want to join in this...
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s been a while, so in case all my WUW friends thought I’d dropped off the planet I thought I’d catch you up on what’s been happening. Frankly, there’s not a whole lot to...
