Monthly Archives: April 2018

Benicia’s 25th annual Classic Car Show

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Marion

Sunday was the meeting of the Benicia Crew, and it was also the 25th annual Classic Car Show. We have convened there on the car show day in other years but this may have been the biggest and best yet. … Continue reading →

Posted in View from the Road | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Television Tuesday, the Wednesday Edition: Krypton

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Marion

I’ve started watching SyFy’s Superman prequel Krypton intermittently. The opening episode did not impress. It seemed predictable, and Seg-El, Kal-El’s grandfather (or great-grandfather, I’m not sure) was a conventional boring male character; cocky, mostly focused on how good-looking he was, … Continue reading →

Posted in Television Tuesday, TV Shows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Marion

Here is a link to my review of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a general fiction novel that uses a speculative element to muse about the nature of nations and borders in our modern world. I highly recommend Exit West. Nadia … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Disks of Gold and Glass (The Writers of the Future Contest)

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Marion

There’s been a discussion/debate on Twitter in the past few days about the Writers of the Future contest and workshop. The Writers of the Future (WOTF) contest and workshop has been around since the 1980s. I decided early on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts about Writing | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Like a Midnight Hike

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Marion

I’m looking at a small press contract, thirteen pages long. It’s a standard contract for the industry, but I have a few questions. It’s for a piece of fiction I haven’t finished yet. I was offered the contract based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts about Writing, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

The Third Kind of Magic by Elizabeth Forest

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Marion

Elizabeth Forest and I met several year ago at the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. We catch up online and see each other nearly every year at FogCON. Elizabeth has published her first book, The Third Kind of Magic. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Marion

It’s now April, and I’ve read many good books since January, but Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing still stands out as one of the best this year. The story is filled with authentic, complicated people, some of whom are dead. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment