Since I have started turning my attention toward Wicca for reasons I set down in this earlier post, I have become increasingly aware of certain things around me. In Wicca the elements, Earth, Air, Wind and Fire play an important role. Not surprisingly, I have become more aware of their influence and existence. When I …
My New Path into Norse Wicca
Many years past a couple of friends and I were talking about religion. What we liked, what we didn't like. I said then, "If I had not been born a Catholic I would have followed Wicca." I never forgot that. To be honest, I never realized at the time what being born, or not being …
Looking Beneath the Surface
I have been thinking about the hobo novel. If I went forward it would be fine. No one would know differently. It reads fine, the story works...but I am not happy. And that's the problem. It's fine. But I don't want to compromise, if that makes sense. I am not satisfied with "good enough to …
A Study in Character Motivation Revealed through Style and Voice: “The Bruja and the Ferryman”
Not too long ago I learned I had an upcoming Haxan story in which I used voice and style to reveal character motivation which would be published. I even blogged about it. Well, that dark fantasy story is now live at Frontier Tales and you can read it for free. The story is about Magra …
New Haxan Story “The Weight of Memory”
While I was attending Lone Star Con last week someone asked me if I wrote the Haxan stories in chronological order. I had to admit I did not. I write the stories as they come to me. Sometimes they might be in order, often not. I usually have some idea, however, where they fit along …
Hoover's Corner 