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Mom and the Ankylosaurus

Blogging the Mesozoic

APOLLO IN RETROGRADE: READ AN EXCERPT!

Look! Look at my name on the cover! I’m delighted to report that the November/December 2023 issue of Analog Science Fiction magazine has arrived and it includes my novelette, “Apollo in Retrograde.” The story is

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RIO HONDO WRITERS’ WORKSHOP 2023

The last week of September found me at Rio Hondo. That’s the awesome writers’ workshop Walter Jon Williams puts on in Northern New Mexico. Look at all these talented writers assembled in an enviable library

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TEACHING GIG!

I am pleased to announce that I have joined the faculty of The Rambo Academy, founded and run by Cat Rambo. I will be teaching a class called The Art of the Book Review. Here

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A DAY IN THE CATSKILLS

The Catskills are not terribly far from where I grew up, but I have no memories of ever going there as a kid. Hiking in that area is great fun. Here are some photos to

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DINOSAUR STORIES TO COME

I find myself in the happy—and happily unexpected—situation in which FOUR new stories of mine are in the publication pipeline! They are slated to become available to readers later this year or early next year.

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BAMBURGH CASTLE

My trip last month to Scotland included a side journey to Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. Here I found inspiration for my fiction. Stay tuned!

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THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

What does “the Northwest Passage” conjure up? Is it intrepid European men of centuries past seeking a way through the frozen Arctic ice to shorten their trip from Europe to Northern Asia? Despite my background

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