I’m pleased to announce that I had a couple of items published in 2022:

• Etruscan Afterlife appeared in The Reinvented Heart, edited by Cat Rambo & Jenn Brozek
• The Holy Wars of Mathematics: A Secret History of the Calculus of Chicanery, which appeared in 99 Tiny Terrors, became available via Amazon.

My Virtual Appearances (still available to watch!):

• Go Indie Now panel on writing hard science fiction
• Go Indie Now panel on love interests in fiction
• Con-Tinual panel on archaeology, anthropology, and paleontology in fiction

My In-Person Appearances:

• Balticon 56 (science fiction convention in Baltimore)
• Chicon 8, (World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago)
• Multiverse (SF & fantasy convention in Atlanta)

Most Enjoyable Reads:

• Hot Moon by Alan Smale
• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
• Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Most Unexpected Pleasure:

• Being invited to write a regular column. Details soon!

Best Trips:

• San Diego to Seattle via plane, automobile and overnight train
• Runner-up: summertime spent at a lake in the Adirondacks

Best Educational Opportunities:

• Smithsonian Institution on-line classes about art, archaeology, and world heritage sites
• Close Runner-up: The Rambo Academy classes for writers at all skill levels featuring many different aspects of our craft.

Best Museum Experiences:

• Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles
• Royal Ontario Museum, especially dinosaur fossils and minerals

Most Entertaining Streaming Series:

• Wednesday

Guilty Pleasure:

• Enstrom almond toffee

Things to come in 2023: Watch this space for announcements about:

• Murder at the Westminster Dino Show
• Who’s a Good Hellhound?
• Other fun stuff I can’t disclose yet!