I'm back from my family vacation in Hawaii. It was great fun to have the whole family together--I miss them already. Unfortunately, I'm too tired to post more now. I had an overnight flight from Honolulu to Las Vegas, and while I may have dozed of for a few minutes here and there, I did not get much sleep. Then... read more »
Along with my Uncle Doug and cousin Scott, I was at the Las Vegas Bowl last night to cheer on BYU. Toward the end of the game, UCLA had gradually chipped BYU's lead down to one point, 17-16. UCLA then started from their own 2-yard line and drove down the field, finally calling a timeout with 3 seconds left in... read more »
Well, after trying several different hosting companies, I think I've found the one I'm going to use: IX Web Hosting. Their Business Plus package offers just about every feature I need at an affordable price. (Would you believe 1000 Gigabytes of web space? I had only 10 GB on my previous host.) One of the web hosts I tested, Startlogic,... read more »
I'm in the process of switching my site to a different server, so my blog and email may be a bit funky for a bit.
I know many of you are fans of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Unfortunately, Jordan passed away a couple of months ago, leaving the final volume of the series unfinished. Today, Jordan's widow and Tor Books announced that they have selected Brandon Sanderson to finish the book. I'm certain they've made the right choice. Brandon's an excellent... read more »
My dad, my two brothers, and I are all football fans. Yet as far as we can remember, we've never all gone to a football game together. Or rather, we hadn't, until last Thursday. My dad managed to get four tickets to see Brett Favre and the 10-1 Green Bay Packers take on Tony Romo and the 10-1 Dallas Cowboys... read more »
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Kevin J. Anderson, whom I met the first time I went to the Writers of the Future workshop and have seen several times since. Kevin is editing an anthology of humorous horror called Blood Lite, and he wanted to know if I could write funny horror, and if so, if... read more »
OK, so maybe I have a little more to say about it. I'm the kind of BYU fan who would rather see a BYU blowout than an exciting, close game. But I wasn't expecting a blowout today. Nine out of the ten previous BYU-Utah games had been decided by a touchdown or less, and I didn't expect anything different this... read more »
Having seen various friends on LiveJournal posting their results, I decided to give it a try. Considering that I moved around a lot growing up, I guess it pegged me correctly. What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)NeutralYou're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity,... read more »
"Accounting for Dragons" is the story I wrote for the Odyssey Slam last month. I submitted it this morning to Edmund Schubert, the editor of InterGalactic Medicine Show. Less than three hours later, I got an email from him saying he'd like to buy it. So that's my quickest sale ever.
