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On June 23, I went to an introductory lockpicking class, The Art of Lockpicking, hosted by Atlas Obscura and taught by Jeremiah Jensen. It was held at the Lighthouse Writers’ Race Street location, which I’d never been to before.  It’s a charming location aswamp in parking issues, so I was late getting there.  Fortunately, although

I survived Denver Comic-Con, and all I got was a stupid Nakitomi Plaza Parking Permit!             Actually, I got a few other things, but none of them cost more than a dollar.  Or were eaten before I left for home. Friday: I was on a panel for Indie Book Publishing

…or that at least didn’t succeed as hoped. Once upon a time, I wrote a book for a ghostwriting client.  It was one of those dream projects that paid pretty well and that I had a lot of freedom on.  The only requirement was that it have some kind of sci-fi element to it. The

I don’t have much time this week to blog (a deadline is a week earlier than I thought it was!!!), but I’ll get back to the study series as soon as I can. …   Failure is life’s way of telling you that you need to change.  Not necessarily that you need to completely dump

Books I was recommended: Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh The Silence, by Tim Lebbon The Well-Fed Writer, by Peter Bowerman This list is shorter than I like, but I do have permission to ask Jonathan Maberry for some good action/horror titles. Book to Study: The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler, as per Laura Hayden’s mystery