Polar Regions, Maybe Happy Ending, Book Releases & Pre-Releases, and Casablanket

I’m celebrating the release of “Arctic Fox Android” today by listening to the soundtrack for “Maybe Happy Ending” which is a Broadway musical about two robots, one of whom has a special interest in an insect and the other has a special interest in music, so it’s super relatable.


My book, “Arctic Fox Android,” came out today, and it’s a #1 bestseller in the category “Polar Regions”! Continue reading “Polar Regions, Maybe Happy Ending, Book Releases & Pre-Releases, and Casablanket”

Tidbits about Linklater, Goodreads, Skeleton Cat, and The Returned

After enjoying the Before trilogy and Boyhood, I decided to check out Richard Linklater’s Dazed & Confused. It’s really well done… kind of like a 70s version of American Graffiti… but… wow, it’s also such a strong argument for how much better life is with more video games.


Well, my kid and I finished writing our first book together. We need to do a final editing pass, looking over the comments from our second beta reader, but it should be on track to come out late next month. Continue reading “Tidbits about Linklater, Goodreads, Skeleton Cat, and The Returned”

Brian

When I read the news, my body reacted like I’d been slapped in the face. I went back to bed, started doing French lessons in Duolingo, and made it my entire world to win first place in that week’s Diamond League tournament. I studied French all day every day for the rest of the week, barely stopping to eat or sleep.

When I remembered, near the end of that week, that the song “‘Til I Die” exists and realized that he had now died — and so he’s no longer thinking those thoughts — I doubled over like I’d been slugged in the stomach. Continue reading “Brian”

Lemon Joke, Mashup Ideas, Rewatching “The Offspring,” etc.

I’ve been watching Arrested Development with my teen. We’re in season two. He’s been laughing for several minutes at one of Tobias’s lines…

“I just found out my cellular telephone was a lemon.”

This is not even a joke. But apparently, my kid had never heard that idiom Continue reading “Lemon Joke, Mashup Ideas, Rewatching “The Offspring,” etc.”

French vs. Danish Duolingo

Learning Danish on Duolingo was a very different experience from learning French so far… There was less in the way of cutesy stories and characters. It was much more straightforwardly like studying with flash cards and simple exercises.

And since there were so few Danish lessons, it felt like I needed to do each and every one very carefully to get the most out of it. In comparison, the French lessons just go on and on, so I can race through them without worrying that I’ll run out of support if I’m not careful. Continue reading “French vs. Danish Duolingo”

Experimental Online Comic –> Graphic Novel

With the latest update to ChatGPT, converting the first strip of SPACE HOUNDS! into a normal graphic novel page took one command: “redo this in an appropriate art style.”

So, yeah, maybe it’s just about time to finally turn SPACE HOUNDS! into an actual graphic novel. Continue reading “Experimental Online Comic –> Graphic Novel”