You know I have a lot more ideas for stories than I’ll ever have time to write. So I’ve been thinking, during idle times like going to the grocery store or walking the dog: maybe I need a new way to write long fiction. One that acknowledges that we’re distracted all the time, that our […]
What a summer. And now, it’s over. It’s almost like it never happened. What with forest fires around the world, smoky skies, floods, oppressive heat and this hernia, I didn’t get to do all the outdoor stuff I like to do. I guess I didn’t tell you all this before, but I suffered a hernia […]
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Just 99 cents for the first Hawaiian Storm mystery, only until 31 May 2023 Torn Roots Vanessa Storm thought her first week on the job as an FBI Special Agent in beautiful Hawaii would be about settling in. But she’s immediately sent to Hana on Maui’s rain-soaked shore to find a kidnapped woman. Throw in […]
Blog: en grève So, here I am, on strike for the first time in my life. It’s hard to describe how I feel about it. It’s not something I ever imagined I would do. I do not feel suffused with a sense of close solidarity, although I do not feel excluded in any way. All […]
News for 1 April 2023 I have something amazing to report. After doing my own extensive research on the Internets, that proves Graham Hancock’s theory of an ancient civilization is wrong. In fact, it’s just repackaging of stories by fantasy writers like Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. Ardia: our extraterrestrial origin My research, conducted […]
24 February, 2023 is the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Not the first anniversary of the current war. It began in 2014, when Russia seized the Crimean peninsula, and poured money, equipment, uniforms and leadership into “separatist” movements in the Donbas. But the full-scale invasion that began one year ago has had […]
Daniele Bolelli talks history on fire on the Eastern Front In the latest episode of my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa, I’m joined by the man with the most famous Italian accent in the entire podiverse. He’s a writer, a university professor and a martial artist. That’s right, I’m talking about the one and only Daniele Bolelli, […]
I mean, just look at it. Pure, clean snow. Covering everything. For at least a short time, hiding all our sins and failings. Not just visually. Walking in fresh-fallen and still falling snow is quiet. The only sounds are the susurration of the wind and the slight squeak or crunch of my boots on […]
January 7 is, I learned when growing up in Winnipeg, “Ukrainian Christmas.” As a boy, I just accepted that Ukrainian people celebrated Christmas on a different day than my family did. At one point, I was taught that Ukrainian people observe Christmas Eve as the day the Three Magi arrived in Bethlehem to worship the […]