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I’ve decided to stop posting weekly free stories. I’m still going to post a story every week; I’m just not going to put them up for free for all, every week.  I’ll have exceptions. The reason is this:  very few people are taking me up on them.  For example, last week, I had one person […]

Last night I dreamed of Guinea pigs. Lee, Ray, and I were on our way back from a store in another dream, just walking along a road, when I saw a flowerpot on the side of the road with Cheese Nibs crushed in it.  And the back end of some critter, its little feet kicking

This week is banned books week. While I do not (yet) have a book that has had the privilege of being banned, I have read many, many banned books and have enjoyed most of them. Here is a list of the most commonly banned/challenged books in the U.S.  How many have you read? Italics =

Now at Smashwords, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and OmniLit. Sail away with a free copy of this story, this weekend only, at Smashwords.  Use coupon code NF29C. The Last Voyage of the Mermaid by De Kenyon Steal pirate ship.  Hire crew.  Decide:  wooden leg, hook, or eye patch? Obtain parrot. Arnold had always imagined himself as Captain Hook–only he would

Everybody knows about some famous book or other that was censored.  Lady Chatterly’s Lover.  Or an instance where cuss words were bleeped out on screen.  Or even the political correctness movement (which has now morphed into “thou shalt not speak poorly of all things Christian, redneck, patriotic, etc., and don’t you dare say it’s the

Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and OmniLit. The robots won’t know what hit ’em this weekend only with a free coupon code at Smashwords: KW79G. Factory Above, Factory Below by De Kenyon If Connor had been a robot, he wouldn’t have let the humans live this long. “If you’re really bad,” the Teachers had said, “the robots will come

The title for this post comes from Speak Out with Your Geek Out, something started by Monica Valentinelli to celebrate geekdom after a journalist got under her skin by making fun of geeks. First, my geeks: I read and write a lot.  I write 1-1.5K an hour; I read over a page a minute (on

I’ve heard it over and over again in the financial circles:  pay yourself first.  That is, tuck money away for savings and retirement before you do anything else.  From a financial standpoint, it makes sense:  you can always scrape by (well, pretty much), but if you don’t prioritize your financial future, eventually the it will

Writing Victories! Zombified is coming out on October 1.  No preorder capabilities yet, and I’m not sure I can reveal the list of stories yet, but some fun stuff is there.   I will provide more information as I get clearance.  “Lanes of the Living Dead” is in there, bless its undead heart. I also

Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and OmniLit. Pick up a free copy this weekend only at Smashwords using coupon code PU29V. The Scaredy Wizard of Theornin by De Kenyon Cormish won’t stop bullying Aster until she steals the wizard’s spell book for him. But does he have to breathe down her neck the whole time? It takes more