The time for writing warning fiction is past. Those warnings are being lived in the present. Now is the time for fiction that gives a glimmer of hope. A single step to a brighter future for all. When life can again be measured in living.…

This was back in the height of summer, but I’m just getting around to posting these. We stayed at this hotel for a creative writing / bookselling event. First, a favorite genre of mine: Er…. The door was boring, but the sign made me stop…

My magnificent almost-a-son-in-law, the multi-talented Michael Ignacio, Jr., loaned us a movie to watch together. He watched it with Sara, and she knew I’d love it. Kubo and the Two Strings You may have noticed that the child, Kubo, has a patch over one eye.…