Starting at about noon Pacific time (GMT+8 hours I believe) and running through Sunday, my comic “behind the scenes of the SF con” play Con-Eire will be free for your Kindle or (free) Kindle app throughout the long weekend. Why? No reason — just whimsy. Maybe I can convince someone to present this again. Lee…
Month: August 2013
Review: The Berries
The Berries This hilarious play is set in the summer of 1974 amid the berry fields of Kirriemuir, and follows a day in the life of four Dundee ‘nabblers’ (pickers) as they toil and graft under the watchful eye of the no-nonsense foreman Rab. In order to distract themselves from the hard work, they enter…
Writer Wednesday: Tracy S. Morris
I’m pleased to have Tracy S. Morris as my guest today. A fellow Broad, Tracy is not only a writer but a podcaster. She has photographed two of the Presidents of the United States, taken a hot air balloon ride and met two of her favorite sports legends from separate sports. She’s been a photographer,…
Finland: Cousins Gathering
Now that I’ve finally finished that one novel and sent it off — how lovely to type those two words, “The End”– I can get back to showing more pictures from my trip to Finland (and a million billion other things). Today it’s the day of the cousins gathering, which was great fun. I have…
Finland: Sauna
What could be more iconic than the Finnish sauna? Helka asked me if I wanted one the first day I arrived. After a long day of travel it sure sounded good. Oskari and Antti got the fires going, one for the hot water (to wash afterward) and the other for the sauna itself. I had…
Finland: Keminmaa
Sorry for the piecemeal accounting of my trip to Finland, but needs must: deadlines, deadlines as always. Good things coming soon including the third Chastity Flame book and the Shapeshifters anthology from Fox Spirit. But there’s much to do before Bloody Scotland and Bouchercon next month (including arranging travel back to the States for a…
Finland: Heading North
After a delightful visit in the capitol, I headed north to meet my cousins for a gathering in Keminmaa, the area where my grandfather’s family came from (my grandmother came from near Vaasa) and many still live there today. Technically Lapland, it’s sort of the borders region between the Finnish lands and the Sami ones….
Finland: Around Helsinki
I had planned to go to the national museum before I met up with Laura (under the clock at Stockmann’s of course, the traditional meeting place in Helsinki) but it didn’t open until 11 so I went to Kiasma, the contemporary art museum first while the heavens opened. Click the photos to embiggen them.
Finland: Arriving Helsinki
Thanks to Laura for meeting me at the station; it’s always wonderful to be greeted by a friendly face. We dropped things off at the hotel and then went out for a drink and a bite to eat. More tomorrow: catching up on email and things today.