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The Lost Oasis (Doc Savage #6) 1

The Lost Oasis (Doc Savage #6)

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Inception 0

Inception

I am ecstatic that the movie Inception was not based on a novel, because that novel would most certainly have made me strongly consider retiring my one pen. If Christopher Nolan continues the writing,...

The Man Who Shook the Earth (Doc Savage #43) 0

The Man Who Shook the Earth (Doc Savage #43)

Heidegger’s Glasses combines the events of World War II and the Holocaust, mixes in a Nazi obsession with the supernatural, and adds a stubborn German philosopher named Heidegger who needs a new pair of...

Texas Almanac 2010-2011 0

Texas Almanac 2010-2011

When I was a kid, every Christmas my mother would wrap an Almanac under the tree. This was back in the day before the Internet (yes, kids, there was such a time), so these...

Tour de Bayou 2010 0

Tour de Bayou 2010

Unknown to me living way out here in the ‘burbs, the HARRA (Houston Area Road Runners Association) has been holding a Tour de Bayou for several years. The Tour de Bayou is a series...

Qi, focus and injuries 4

Qi, focus and injuries

In advance of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (April 24th this year, and, no, Hallmark did not create this as a holiday to sell cards), I pose this question: what are you doing...

The Red Skull (Doc Savage #17) 0

The Red Skull (Doc Savage #17)

This is the sixth story originally published by Street and Smith. The Bantam one I have is in great condition, though it is a 5th printing (August 1977, ten years after the 1st Bantam...

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 0

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction that interweaves historical fact, especially the World War I or II time periods, are among my favorite reads (and I enjoy writing them as well). Sarah’s Key fits that bill very well, mixing...

Marriage is like having a ring in your nose? 3

Marriage is like having a ring in your nose?

Many years (okay, decades) ago, marriages and weddings used to scare me too. Scare and intimidate, and I was loud and vociferous about my objections to them to hide those fears. Every wedding I...

Romance blog review? Never thought I’d see the day 0

Romance blog review? Never thought I’d see the day

Software by the Kilo was reviewed on the Coffee Time Romance web site. I did try to follow my wife’s instructions to lower the geek factor in my second novel, but never dreamed it...