You ask me how a writer works…

…and it involves some ideas I’ve accumulated over the years. Getting facts and dates straight in a narrative matters. You bet readers notice. Maps. Floor plans. You need these things. I keep a nice little Laurel Burch book OSG gave me some time ago which...

We're about to get the pond vac—and boy! is it needed!

It’s the annual algae soup festival—we’re having to wash the filter twice a day, and the koi don’t tend to eat that kind of algae. First thing I have to do is change out the UV light bulb in the anti-algae UV filter. That could be expired, and...

We’re about to get the pond vac—and boy! is it needed!

It’s the annual algae soup festival—we’re having to wash the filter twice a day, and the koi don’t tend to eat that kind of algae. First thing I have to do is change out the UV light bulb in the anti-algae UV filter. That could be expired, and...

members with .pl and .ru suffixes…please respond.

We are getting a heavy burst of automated spam from these two origins. If you are a member from either of these regions, please send me an e-mail or post a comment, so I can be sure what I’m doing when I trigger anti-spam operations. Those who have already...