Today, June 20, 2024 marks the summer solstice in which we embrace the light. We will get 15 hours and five minutes of illumination from the Sun, today. That's compared to about seven hours and 40 minutes of light on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. So let's do something good with... Continue Reading →
The Last Disruptor Promotion
Amazon recently ran a promotion of this title, but I was not aware of it, until the last day of the deal. I did try to get out the word then, so I hope some of you were able to get it at a good price. If you didn't, let me know with a comment... Continue Reading →
It’s Take Your Kid to Your Local Bookstore Week!
Okay, that's not actually the name of this celebration, it's really called Children's Book Week and it starts, today, Monday May 3 and runs through May 9. The event was first introduced in 1919 to encourage kids to read more and it's been going on ever since. This year, Every Child A Reader, the nonprofit... Continue Reading →
After Three Months Crate and Friends Say Goodbye to Comic Kingdom
The Last Disruptor's time on display at Comic Kingdom came to end this week after the iconic shop on Moana Lane allowed me to display the book for three months. I'm very grateful to Cody and the crew there for providing the space and exposure for a full-length, science fiction novel. It was fun to... Continue Reading →
The Last Disruptor Virtual Reading in April
Hi and thanks for joining me in this video reading from The Last Disruptor, a science fiction novel for middle grade readers and their adults. I chose a passage that I think illustrates a key element of the story, which is friendship.The story does rely on elements of physics, chemistry and biology as the hero,... Continue Reading →
Official History of The Absurd
Some history for those interested in the worlds of The Last Disruptor. Chapter 1 EARTH A We will start at the beginning with the accident in the Lab in New Haven, Earth A, which generated the positive pole for the connections between worlds. It should be noted, even today, so many decades later, there is... 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 →
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