Maps are at the heart of my fan­tasy reading expe­ri­ence. From Tolkien to Brooks to Anthony, maps were de rigueur in the old days. I remember rushing home from the store, jumping on my bed and cracking open my latest … Con­tinue reading →

No book­worm makes it through the ges­ta­tional period without the help of a librarian. They help us spin our cocoon, watch over us while we pupate, and shep­herd us out as a newly formed nerd but­terfly. I overdid the metaphor, … Con­tinue reading →

Back in my gov­ern­ment days, we dealt with a lot of what’s now called “Big Data.” That’s a fancy term for an unholy amount of infor­ma­tion that needs to be parsed so you can get mean­ingful results. Parsing it is … Con­tinue reading →

Hope­fully I’m not jinxing it, but I think we’re finally over the hump with relief ops post Hur­ri­cane Sandy. There is a lot of suf­fering still going on and a lot of work ahead of us, but I think the … Con­tinue reading →

A little while back, I held a con­test to give away 2 copies of the FORTRESS FRONTIER ARC. The con­test rules were to create and name a new SHADOW OPS uni­verse Coven, based on some prose from CONTROL POINT. To be … Con­tinue reading →