Tales from FAR Manor

Let’s get the cool stuff out of the way first—the One World, Two Ages  raffle results! I’ve emailed the winners, and am looking forward to...

BOOM! And… there’s the Launch Cannon! I reversed targeting order for The Crossover , to give Smashwords a head start on Premium. Then ag...

Image source: openclipart.org “Channel 3 News will stay on the air, commercial-free, as long as we can—” Click “Lt. Carson of the Ge...

Celebrating the Accidental Sorcerers launch, and the upcoming launch of The Crossover , I proclaim the blog tour to be on the road! Both st...

The bamboo door banged against the flimsy frame of the hut as his daughter stormed out. “Come back here, child!” he shouted. “Let her go...

The Launch Cannon went BOOM , and Accidental Sorcerers has landed at Amazon and Smashwords! The other eBook stores should have it as soon...

Ready! FIRE! Aim! I was a little worried, yesterday, when people were panicking on Twitter and Google+ about uploading to the Kindle Sto...

Since Accidental Sorcerers  launches next week, and once again I got nuttin’ for #FridayFlash, I’m making a virtue of necessity and posting ...

First off, I’d like to thank Ali Cross for linking to the Indelibles page. This matches up well with my normal “Writing Wibbles” column, whi...

Mason provides a lot of the content for the blog these days, although that has always meant I take picture of him  and post them. It got a l...

What I’ll look like, if this cough keeps up. Source:  openclipart.org At least I have an excuse for not blogging much lately, even for #...

Living in the free-range insane asylum all these years has rubbed off on me, it seems. Why else would I plan to release two  stories in one ...

The wife asked me to clean off the computer desk in Mason’s room, because she wants to move her video editing system in there. Then the old ...

The conclusion… The mantle clock struck midnight. As the last chime died away, a tall, thin man stood in the living room, facing the Guar...

We’re definitely in the Countdown to Christmas. A week and a day before the wrapping paper flies. Mason is old enough, this year, to unders...

Sonya Clark’s comment last week gave me an idea, and I got to write some more about the no-nonsense guardians… “Heyyyy laaaadieeeeezzz…” ...

Vacations always have a sunset clause The problem with escaping FAR Manor is that I can’t stay  escaped. And the recapture always happen...

The sound of an unfamiliar vehicle brought the guardians alert. Only their eyes moved as they watched. Carolers, perhaps , one said. Not t...

Mason shows us his latest shell The first couple days of vacation, with a toddler, are best spent simultaneously unwinding and establish...

I wonder if it’s for longevity as much as anything else, but Cindy Vaskova and Helen Howell both tagged me with this one within a day of...