"Let the game begin!"  The woman, dressed as Queen Elizabeth I of England, presided over the first weekend of the Washington...

Figures from Chris Humphreys' collection representing the  Royal Horse Guards  and the Polish Lancers. I introduced myself to  Ch...

(Image from:  Archer).   Agents, the book-type, not the secret-type, are the liaisons between writers and publishers.  They know the ...

(Image:  J.K. Simmons, as J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man) Getting published can make one feel like a superhero.  But even superheroes ...

Well, I had today off but I didn't get any writing done.  The chores and errands I had to do got in the way of working on things li...

The Vaults of Zukat Pathfinder campaign is now available on  Obsidian Portal , an RPG campaign-managing website.  I'll post fu...

Contrary to popular belief, gamers have lives beyond the game table.  Just about everyone, gamer and non-gamer alike, has experienc...

(Image:  Vaslav Nijinsky 's tomb) This isn't a book review per se, but a review of a short story written by a friend.  For yo...

(Image:  Fort Clatsop's Main Gate) Last weekend my girlfriend and I took a trip to the Oregon Coast.  While the West Coast may no...

(Image from:  Mr. & Mrs. Smith) Meeting a literary agent that you hope will endorse your work, can be an awkward affair, like in ...

Sherwood Forster is represented by the Freeleague Ranger figure, from Wizards of the Coast , Dungeons and Dragons miniatures, Blood Wa...