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The Eyes in the Peacock’s Tail
Once upon a time, the King of the Greek gods, Zeus, was getting ready to cheat on his wife one more time. His latest target was a beautiful mortal girl named Io, whose resistance he’d been wearing down by sending her a series of racy dreams of which he was the star. Having finally arrived on her doorstep [...]
It’s not just US Presidents who visit Ireland. US wizards do it too.
In honor of President Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland today, we’re happy to announce the release of the latest in the series of Young Wizards International edition ebooks, A Wizard Abroad. Fourth in the Young Wizards series, A Wizard Abroad details how the concerned parents of fourteen-year-old Nita Callahan — thinking that she and fellow [...]
An afternoon at Trinity
Just another day in the great Long Room of Trinity’s famous library. Except for once it wasn’t being “borrowed” without credit by George Lucas. Having earlier stopped in at Áras an Uachtaráin to be greeted by the President of Ireland, and having then laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin, Queen Elizabeth [...]
Parousia delay (re-re-redux…)
I was going through Twitter this morning on the phone before getting out of bed, and suddenly started wondering what all the “rapture” stuff I was seeing was about. Normally when at home I don’t use US-based news sources much, finding them way too limited — mostly because of a tendency of such sources to ignore [...]
A royal wedding sentiment
As usual, old Sam Pepys says it best in his great Diary. “December 25: To church in the morning, and there saw a wedding in the church, which I have not seen many a day: and the young people so merry with one another, and strange to see what delight we married people have to see [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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