Was this Lauren Boebert's Halloween costume?
Nov. 5th, 2025 12:43 amDid Josh Groban confront Trump about asking band to play song 'You Raise Me Up'?
Nov. 4th, 2025 09:32 pmThe fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law
Nov. 4th, 2025 06:00 pmWe're closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk
Nov. 4th, 2025 05:00 pmHow preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses
Nov. 4th, 2025 04:00 pmUPDATE: Loyal Revenge (Empty Dagger Hand side story) + Thousand Nations early access fiction
Nov. 4th, 2025 02:54 pm
ONLINE E-BOOK (html, epub, mobi, pdf, and xhtml)
Free at my website.
Empty Dagger Hand (The Three Lands). Dolan is a quiet young man who spends his days working as a scribe. So why does he carry a hidden dagger?
New installment:
Side story | Loyal Revenge. His loyalty and his wickedness have come into conflict with each other.
EARLY ACCESS
My readers at Patreon and Ream get the first look at Flight Through the Forest (The Thousand Nations: The Motley Crew #2). That novella will go into general release next month.
BLOG FICTION
Tempestuous Tours (Crossing Worlds: A Visitor's Guide to the Three Lands #2). A whirlwind tour of the sites in the Three Lands that are most steeped in history, culture, and the occasional pickpocket.
New installment:
NEWS & UPCOMING FICTION
I'm sorry for posting so little online fiction last month; I spent all month struggling to transfer computers, so that I could retain/regain laptop access to the web, which I managed to achieve at the beginning of this month. Fortunately, I was able to edit and lay out "Flight Through the Forest" on my old laptop in the meantime.
The novella Heir (The Three Lands: Blood Vow side story) is up next on my release schedule. If you started reading Chronicles of the Great Peninsula during the last few years, here's your chance to meet several of Dolan's kinfolk, back when they were young. If you've been reading Chronicles of the Great Peninsula for a while now, here's the return of the characters from The Fire Before, fourteen years later. If you're a careful reader of Chronicles of the Great Peninsula, you know what's about to happen to the town of Valouse.
Did Erika Kirk take Air Force 2 to Ole Miss Turning Point USA event? Here's the truth
Nov. 4th, 2025 07:48 pmCOP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track?
Nov. 4th, 2025 02:00 pmTrump's FEMA disaster aid approvals fell largely along party lines in October 2025
Nov. 4th, 2025 02:00 pmAdvanced quantum network could be a prototype for the quantum internet
Nov. 4th, 2025 10:37 amBrightest black hole flare ever caused by huge star being ripped apart
Nov. 4th, 2025 10:00 amCavities could be prevented by a gel that restores tooth enamel
Nov. 4th, 2025 10:00 amDoes this image show real 'little sea monster'?
Nov. 4th, 2025 12:00 pmLife lived in dot points
Nov. 4th, 2025 08:13 pm- I submitted my preliminary candidacy proposal today. I still have to present it, get reviewer's feedback, and resubmit, but it is one hoop closer to done.
- I received confirmation that my application to work with a larger project has been accepted. I have until Monday to tell them what my milestones, deliverables, and KPIs are, and while the first two are okay, the last one is supposed to have at least one from a list I can't find
- I caved and bought an ebook bundle from StoryBundle: this trilogies bundle - I bought it for the Natania Barron (which I acquired book one while travelling, and then lost when I was 1/3 in) and the Jane Yolen (I believe I know where book 1 is, but I didn't know it was a trilogy). I have no expectations for the rest, but it was cheaper than trying to buy either of the trilogies (definitely in hard copy, but possibly still cheaper than them in softcopy, with the cost of ebooks)
- I was running ahead on the quilting, I then did none in the weekend just gone, so I think I'm a block behind, but I've also done some of the assembling, so I've worked ahead as well. progress is progress
- the little chamber orchestra has a performance on Sunday, and Youngest (who has not been able to attend a rehearsal all semester due to uni scheduling conflicts) came along and can play at least some of it, which helps bolster the currently light on cello section (we have a new cello player. This was their fourth session with us; I'm not sure they had met any of the other cello players before last night).
- I have managed to lose the blanket that lives on the red couch. I have zero memory of it ever being anywhere else, so I'm a bit :( about it. But I used it as the reference object for a course I'm doing (I'm doing two tiny courses, on the future of data and the future of communication, each ~10 hours, while attempting to do a stack of other things. As is the way, I'm too slow moving for it to be only 10 hours, given that I spent nearly two this afternoon doing 1/6 of the work)
Is Erika Kirk pregnant with her 3rd child? Unfounded claim continues to spread online
Nov. 4th, 2025 11:00 amArgh!
Nov. 1st, 2025 11:08 pmPost office
Nov. 3rd, 2025 10:25 pmBut anyway, I filled out all the paperwork I had for Middle Brother's vaccinations (flu and covid) and got them ready to mail. Then I showered and dressed and went to the post office.
I took the 20 bus, it was super crowded but it's only two stops so no big deal. It was a little over $2 to mail the stuff. The postal worker was very nice and pointed up I had the wrong zip code and looked up the right one.
Then I took the 44 bus back. That's only one stop.
When I got here the mail had been delivered, and among it was the invitation to Middle Brother's holiday party, which Oldest Brother had gone to every year, but I never did. It's way out on Long Island, so while I was working it wasn't really an option. But now I'm retired I seriously thought about going, for Oldest Brother's memory, and to see Middle Brother.
I looked up the directions on Google maps, and discovered it wouldn't be to bad to get to, just take time. And I decided to ask
So I set that aside and decided to watch mor of The Diplomat on Netflix. I think I watched three episodes, so if I've kept track well enough there should be one more episode this season.
I really like it. And the latest plot twist is very good.
Then at 5:30 I went and lay down in bed and played solitaire on my phone. Finally at 6:30 I came out and got on the computer, and at 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB.
Right after we got on the Kid texted, wanting to make sure I had or was going to vote (which I'm going to do tomorrow) and that I was voting for Mamdami, which of course I am.
The FWiB and I talked til 8:40, and then we got off and I had dinner.
Then I went and lay down again, and called
Then I called the Kid and she didn't answer. Oh well.
Then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets and here I am.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. Got the forms posted.
3. Good programs.
4. The Kid.
5. Party plans.
6. Election plans for tomorrow.
