Tomorrow my honorary nephew Connor McDowell will be competing in the Firefighter Combat Challenge finals.  I don’t overdo the word “proud,” but I’m deploying it now. Well done, sir. (Live…View post

…rollin’ north.

This interview took place in August. I subsequently ran off on book tour and forgot to post it. Although I duck my head at the word famous (moderately well-known in…View post

  If you’re considering giving away Population 485 for World Book Night but don’t know who might be interested, I ask: Know anyone with a tattoo? Who likes dogs? Specifically, beagles?…View post

Sometime back in the 1990s I scuffed my knuckles getting it out of grandma’s basement. I remember clambering on it at Christmas when I was a tot. Now I share…View post