The whole extremely loud discussion the last week online and in the media since Russia went into Ukraine, has bothered me. Yesterday, I asked two friends, one who is/was from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, one a retired US Foreign Service officer. Their responses disturbed me, as well – both went on a rant about… Continue reading My take on Ukraine at the end of February

Recently, my domain registrar (for those who don’t know, that’s where I have my domain of 5-cent.us) told me 5-cent.ninja was expiring! Ok, reality check: they decided, a few years ago, that everyone wanted a .ninja top level domain (that’s what most of you think of when you see .com). I told them that was… Continue reading Domain names and ninjas

One of the standard aphorisms for writers is “write what you know”. Well, especially since I’m writing sf&f, the followup to that is “research what you don’t know, preferably from primary sources.” Now, one thing that you might have notice in 11,000 Years is that the crew and research teams are from all over this… Continue reading Research what you don’t know

Having finally given in, this is my blog, replacing my old static webpage, which was updated far too infrequently. Among the Thrilling New Features are free reads, with more coming on occasion, as well as being a blog.