I didn't plan on writing a blog post today. My plan was to hunker down and steamroll through to the end of Halloween Jack and the Curse of Frost. Then one of my Facebook friends happened to share the following image and quote on my Facebook Timeline. “I…
Here's my very first post on my shiny new website, with a brand-new look, with my name on it, I so I figure why not start things of with a little rant. And I've been saving this one up for a while, letting it brew so…
It's that time again! Facebook had made some changes to it's ToS, and so people have started posting what they believe is copyright protection on their Timelines. I've seen about half-a-dozen of these over the weekend. Let me put this in plain terms: IT…
Talk to any group of voracious readers, and eventually the topic of electronic reading devices is going to come up. Several times at science fiction conventions and Renaissance Faires I've been involved in some discussions and arguments that have made me think, Can we please talk about something…
I was just checking out some stuff on Facebook and I saw a post by GalleyCat about "New Adult Fiction." I've provided a link, because I don't really want to go into an explanation on this new marketing category. Skim it over. That'…
Anyone who knows me as only an acquaintance from one of my various might be surprised to to find out I consider myself an optimist. Heck even some of the people who know me only from my online presence might agree with them. I generally present myself as sarcastic, skeptical,…
Over on my official writer/storyteller page on Facebook (http://facebook.com/bardscloak) I have this thing I do every once in a while I call a "Daily Rant." The "daily" part of that is a misnomer, as they don't come every day; however,…
Last Saturday, the 29th of September, I participated in an event called Tough Mudder. This event takes place all over the world as a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. It's a ten to eleven mile course with twenty-five obstacles designed by British Special Forces. To get an…
This is a holiday I can get behind. Well...I can get behind most holidays, but I'm particularly fond of this one. Encouraging people to go out and get a book is a really cool idea! At first this might seem like just one more "commercial"…
I just back from Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention. First off, for all those people keeping up with SPELLPUNK, I apologize for missing last Friday and Monday. I got really wrapped up in the whirlwind that was World Con. I'll be making it up to…
