So, Roary is nine weeks old now. He’s made friends with our other cats, include temperamental Persephone who was actually caught washing his head… For your dose of cuteness, here are a few pictures.
Roary does sleep occasionally.
So, Roary is nine weeks old now. He’s made friends with our other cats, include temperamental Persephone who was actually caught washing his head… For your dose of cuteness, here are a few pictures.
Roary does sleep occasionally.
Is it okay if I admit that the one thing I’d like to do right now is go write fiction?
I’ve been out of my house and yard only rarely. One of these jaunts was to visit a greenhouse and help choose a few items for our garden. Another, was to pick up Roary, the kitten. This has left me little opportunity to come across oddities to stimulate the writing of lively essays.
However, in that time, I have released Wolf’s Soul, the eighth Firekeeper novel, available now as a Kindle (mobi) e-book , and as an e-pub e-book from Barnes and Noble, Google Play, i-Tunes, and Kobo.
If you prefer print, Wolf’s Soul is a trade paperback from Amazon.
But that’s hardly new news, although very exciting for me.
Even if I may be short of essay-stimulating material, my imagination is working fine. So, is it okay if I go write more of the yet-untitled fourth novel in the Star Kingdom series? That way, one of these days, you can join me on the planet Sphinx where almost-sixteen year-old Stephanie Harrington is discovering what David Weber playfully termed “skullduggery in the bush.”
For those of you unfamiliar with this column, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines. The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
Recently Completed:
Pearls Before Swine by Margery Allingham. My library is woefully short on her works in audio, but I own a bunch in print. This is a mid-late book in the Albert Campion sequence, when WWII has taken the shine off of the Edwardian age. That transition is the underlying theme of this novel, far more the theme than the ostensible whodunit.
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Audiobook. Although less well-known than Sherlock Holmes, this is one of those books that keeps getting referenced by other authors. Great fun and some truly excellent prose.
In Progress:
The Black Dudley Murder by Margery Allingham. This is the book that introduced Albert Campion as a Bertie Woosterish twit, who might actually not be so twittish. Allingham had no idea he would become the protagonist of so many future works.
Death On the Air and other Stories by Ngaio Marsh. Audiobook. Also includes some non-fiction by her about her own work, and the script for a play.
Also:
Still writing on SK4 and enjoying watching Roary make friends with Mei-Ling.
First a reminder… Wolf’s Soul, Firekeeper book 8, is now available as e-book from any major vendor or trade paperback from Amazon.com.
I just finished reading a proof of a forthcoming novel by a friend. I’ll try to remember to mention it when it comes out, but for now I am sworn to secrecy.
For those of you unfamiliar with this column, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines. The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
Recently Completed:
The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham. Audiobook. Yep. Another re-listen. I enjoyed immensely and thought the reader was excellent.
In Progress:
Pearls Before Swine by Margery Allingham. My library is woefully short on her works in audio, but I own a bunch in print. I haven’t read this is so long it’s going to be like reading a new book.
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Audiobook. Although less well-known than Sherlock Holmes, this is one of those books that keeps getting referenced by other authors. I’ve never read it, so am going to give it a try.
Also:
Writing a lot means less reading time, but it does mean writing, which is good.
This week my reading is mostly electronic formats, so I offer picture of one of Jim and my pets: the garden. Every plant you see, we put in. This corner used to be all sterile sand and construction junk. It’s looking good now. It will look even better when the hollyhocks, yarrow and desert willow start flowering
For those of you unfamiliar with this column, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines. The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
Recently Completed:
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie. I could probably recite some of these aloud, but I needed something both absorbing and yet familiar to read before bed.
Pasttime by Robert B. Parker. Audiobook. Held up well. Less a detective story than a mediation on how relationships between parents and children shape the adult, seasoned with gunshots.
David Bowie: The Oral History compiled by Dylan Jones. Stronger before the editor decided to have the last word on Bowie. Rather a contradiction, given that the inherent message of the book is that no one, probably not even Bowie, could have the last word. But isn’t that true about all of us?
The Father Brown Mysteries radio dramas adapted from several short stories. Well done. Obviously audio!
In Progress:
The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham. Audiobook. Yep. Another re-listen.
Also:
This latest Smithsonian magazine, while slim, had some good articles. I’d recommend.