So I'm just trying this as a semi-regular feature creating a sort of news briefs section with five things about my writing from the past week and week ahead. It's reminiscent of what we used to have to do for the paper in both sports and biz. So here goes: The Last Disruptor -- Got... Continue Reading →
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Adventure in Times of Pandemic
There's a tension between seemingly unrestrained freedom and guarded boundaries in being a kid that varies from generation to generation. These children of today already seemingly had more boundaries than previous generations and the Coronavirus Pandemic and it's resulting lockdown have only exacerbated the condition. And while I didn't set out originally to really explore... Continue Reading →
Now Accepting Comments — I think
So, I've always been a little wary of accepting comments. Not that I'm afraid of criticism, but more because I hate it when the comments go off topic and, let's face it, these days just about anything that you post can be a platform for politics. I also feel guilty because I really don't have... Continue Reading →
Childhood Memories Hold Tight
They finally got their break and sprinted across the road to the other side. Soon they were walking across the field towards the dense orchard. A few quail rose up out of the field, disturbed by their passage.Reaching the orchard they walked under its cool canopy, following a well worn path to the creek. They... Continue Reading →
Treasure Hunting and Fishing for Books
Photo by Mark Cruzat on Pexels.com On trips to the bookstore or the library, my mother would release us, my brother and I, like a Pirate Captain telling her crew to find lost treasure on an island. We would move into the stacks or towards the shelves of fiction in something just short of a... Continue Reading →
eMail Call for The Last Disruptor
It's quite useful to get feedback and really uplifting when that feedback is particularly kind. I've got some recently for The Last Disruptor, a science fiction novel about a boy whose stories might destroy or save two Earths connected between dimensions. It's available on Amazon in paperback and digital formats. "I really liked it... I... Continue Reading →
A TLD Favorite Chapter Gets a Little Homeric
After The Last Disruptor, available on Amazon, got some feedback from some very kind people, I added some things, cut some things and finished it up. One of the things I added, or rather improved has become one of my favorite chapters in the book -- Chapter 33: A Scattering of Leaves. As you might... Continue Reading →
The Last Disruptor: A book for kids and their adults
If you're looking for a book that you and your kid can share, open up The Last Disruptor, by R.D. Varnon. It's the story of Branden "Crate" Barnes, a 10-year-old boy who loves telling stories even though they get him in trouble. Turns out Crate lives on a world where stories are discouraged because they... Continue Reading →
A Christmas Story for 2020
This could be a terrifically depressing or over hopeful story, but sometimes you gotta listen to the kids and that's what I did and I found a really great story that really tells the story of 2020. My son had a music assignment for his online class and the teacher asked them to listen to... Continue Reading →
R.D. Varnon a Goodreads Author
A little news on the effort to get the word out about my words. I'm now a Goodreads Author and can be found under R.D. Varnon there. There's some interesting stuff on Goodreads and they ask authors some fun questions, to which I've responded. For you who are on Goodreads check out my author's site... Continue Reading →
Robert Varnon -- R.D. Varnon 