The Speculative Salon

There are only a few holiday movies I really must see each year, The Grinch , since Dr. Seuss has been one of my heroes since I was five…and...

On the 16 th of the month, I came down with something nasty. Pneumonia.   It stopped me for five days.   But, after the initial fev...

I have no idea what I am so excited about. No, really. I just used that as a title because that's how I feel in the moment. It's t...

Looks like it’s just going to be me and the old man for Thanksgiving this year. An advantage of being pre-kids is that long weekends are bas...

Are you pulling your hair out over NaNo yet?  Last year at this time I was stressed beyond belief and driving my very patient and sympatheti...

After last year’s win in November, I thought this year would be a piece of cake. But of course, after two days, I was on a course to fail ...

I wandered over to the Tor website and for some reason I followed a banner link to the website for Sailor Twain. I think it was becau...