This is a piece I first posted on July 10, 2015. It was originally published in the Dayton Daily News at a time when a wave of terrorism was sweeping Europe. Sadly, it seems even more appropriate today, so I’m reposting it. My brother came home safely. I think about this every time there is another
The nice folks at Bewildering Stories have published another story of mine in issue #643. It’s entitled “Distant Replay” and is based on my wargaming hobby. This issue’s link is — http://www.bewilderingstories.com/
I haven’t posted anything recently because I’ve just returned from my 45th college reunion. I don’t publicly announce my travel, so I hope everyone understands the lapse. If you’ve ever looked on my Facebook page, you know I graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1970 and retired in 1990. I haven’t returned to the
One of the reasons I was really looking forward to my recent trip to Germany was to absorb some of the unique culture. Maybe get some authentic German food like sauerbraten. While I did find some German food, on the whole I was disappointed. Most of what I ate could’ve been found in any major
The nice people at BewilderingStories.com have included my story “One Last Chance” in their 2015 Third Quarterly Review. It’s included in the “Order of the Hot Potato” which I consider an honor and means discussions are welcome. http://www.bewilderingstories.com/anthol…/625-636_antho.html
LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN! The nice folks at Bewildering Stories have again published something I wrote. “One Last Chance” — A man falls in love with a woman, but she doesn’t return his affection. Then he learns she is desperately ill. http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue635/last_chance.html (I had to rewrite this three times before they’d accept it.)
What is that Chinese curse about “May you live in interesting times”? It does take time to establish yourself in a new field, especially something like writing. You think you have a good idea; the problem is getting the rest of the world to agree with you. It takes time and a lot of work.
Having been in the publishing business and now writing for myself, I know there are many people in the world who do not respect intellectual property. You own your ideas just as much as you own your computer, yet some people don’t seem to be able to grasp this. But there are ways to protect
Is there anything in this world that’s completely logical? How about mathematics? This is one area in which every problem has a precise, finite solution. Or so many people thought. The seminal work Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell sought to describe a set of axioms and rules which, in principal at
I’m not one to publically get into the culture wars, but recently I heard another reminder that what one finds on the Internet cannot be accepted without critical thought. For example, what happened to the dinosaurs? Type that into a Google search and and one of the top websites (and I’ve been told at one time