My second-to-youngest daughter came in the house telling me that there was a huge line of ants out in the garage. “Because there’s poop,” her younger sister says. I groan inside. Cats. There’s the whole wide world and a litter box to boot. They have to do it on the garage floor? I go out to
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I just had the most uncanny, coolest experience. It’s 6 PM. I’m out on a walk along a road that runs by a swampy river called Birch Creek to a fork in the road. The sky is this glorious blue with brilliant white and gray clouds. I stop and pick some ripe black currents off
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I’ll be signing September 25 with a whole bunch of other SFF authors. Come by and say hello. Saturday, September 25, 11 am – 1 pm Book Signing West Jordan, UT Super Writers of the Universe and Friends from Sector Five Radio, AM 630 K-talk. 10 SFF authors, including me, Tracy Hickman, Dave Farland, Howard Tayler, Larry Correia,
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I value accurate reports from readers who are (a) in the audience for my books and (b) approach the book as honest readers, not critics, nigglers, axe grinders, toadies, or flatterers. I just want accuracy. In How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, Orson Card calls these types of folks “wise readers.” When I find one, I cheer because not every reader has time, ability, or
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Jeb Bush oversaw what appears to be an amazing transformation in education results in Florida from 1999 to 2007. He came to Utah to talk to legislators to share those results and what Florida did to achieve them. The Deseret News summarized some of it. However, anyone interested in education needs to learn more. Luckily,
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