Tales from FAR Manor

And we officially begin a new chapter—both our kids are married. Here comes the bride—get outta the WAY! Saturday was the culmination ...

This runs a bit longer than a flash should—just short of 1300 words—but it’s part of a larger work in progress (16K words and counting). Sti...

Mason’s first year of school is drawing to a close. Yesterday, the kindergarten classes had their “graduation” ceremony. In which Mason ...

Multitasking: Charlie’s eating and sleeping all at once, while I’m feeding him and typing one-handed! Sun Tzu said, "the wheels of ...

Welcome to Tech Tuesday, my new occasional column covering the nuts and bolts of writing, publishing, and keeping your tools sharp. There’s ...

Time flies. You realize you haven’t blogged for a while, and more time goes by. Ideas pile up, and where do you start? I’m happy to be h...

…and counting. Hm… am I hungry yet? It’s been six minutes… It’s been a rough one on the wife and me, too. Mostly her, but I’ve had my...

I have been sort of quiet about this, but the wife… well… Already sleeping (and snoring) in my sling I’m joking. This is Charles, the ...

It’s unusually warm for the bottom of the year on Planet Georgia. Our high today was around 72°F, a good 20 degrees above normal. So, when I...

Easing back into this blogging thing with a shot off the deck a few evenings ago. December’s sunsets can be just as pretty as June’s. Co...

I know what it’s like to have a long-running fantasy series that won’t let go. Today, I turn the blog over to Roy Huff so he can talk about ...

Blink is starting his latest adventure, My Dad, the Supervillain!  at WriteOn. Go to writeon.amazon.com , click the drop-down, and start w...

Hey look, a #FridayFlash! I woke up Tuesday morning with the phrase “stealth and high explosives” in my head, so here’s how two opposites wo...

It's our timeshare week, and Mason's birthday was yesterday. Splashdown! Today is the last day the waterslide is open, so we ...

We were poking through some stuff in the garage a few weeks ago, before leaving on vacation. To my astonishment, my old Dayrunner turned up:...

It’s off to the doctor’s office with me. If you’re wondering what’s happening, I’ll give you a hint: UPDATE : In at 10:30, out at 12:30....

Thanks to all of you, Beyond the Sea of Storms  made it to the final round of Cover Wars ! And so did all the covers I highlighted in my p...

One of Mason’s teeth has been loose for some time now, and getting ever looser. Tonight, it was hanging by a thread… first figuratively, the...

Did you SEE that playground? As I have said before, Planet Georgia starts school way-too-dang-early and “makes up” by scheduling a bunch...

As some of you remember, my nutty one-legged sister in law is diabetic. And she’s never been the most stable isotope on the periodic table. ...