Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno, Nev. has agreed to give my books, Potential: A Novel and The Last Disruptor shelf space beginning today, April 25. I’ve always wanted to see my books for sale in a bookshop and so I submitted them to Sundance for review. After reading them, the store agreed … Continue reading Got Some Shelf Space at A Very Cool Independent Bookstore
I wrote a tirade against a bitter Instagram post this morning from another account that keeps posting to a hashtag I follow, but I didn’t publish it because I wanted to think about it for a bit. I re-read my drafted post and though there was some funny bits in there and some real honest … Continue reading The Bitterness Bites at the Page
So the other day out for a “quick” run, which I count as anything under a half hour these days, I passed two of my neighbors who walk everyday together. They’re a cute older couple and they’re both really nice. They wave and say hi, and are generally encouraging. Well, on Thursday morning, as I … Continue reading Just Keep Chugging Along
So it took some doing, but we got the video to work through my Youtube channel and it’s up and available over at Robert Varnon – R.D. Varnon. This is the first time I’ve read from The Last Disruptor publicly. It’s a short selection and I hope you enjoy it. The Last Disruptor is a … Continue reading First Public Reading of TLD Ever!
So the reading and video are shot, but we’re having some bandwidth problems with the first video for The Last Disruptor reading. We will have that up by 5 p.m., though with plans to link to a Youtube page for a longer video. But it’s going to take a bit of time. Anyway, thanks for … Continue reading Tech Difficulties Delay First Reading
I’ve thought about doing this for some time, but I’m going to go ahead with it this week and give a video reading. It’s a bit daunting, because I have to decide what passages to read and so I’ve been researching how to select those to keep people entertained. So far, the advice that has … Continue reading Preparing for My First Reading
So currently I’m writing a speculative fiction novel about dragons. — I know, I know the time for dragons is almost over, but I was a huge Ann McCaffrey fan as a kid and, as Ursula LeGuin once said, “People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by them.” There will be more … Continue reading Cut and Run: Or Editing on the Fly
Though we might never meet them in real life, good musicians and writers become like friends to us. But, sometimes, we do have a friend who is also a good writer and they come out with a book! It’s this one I worked with Genevieve Reilly Secchi at the Connecticut Post for years. She was … Continue reading Celebrate Good Friends and Good Writers and Maybe Some Whiskey
Okay, so Monday’s are still pretty tough on me. I gotta transition from being nocturnal to diurnal and it feels, I imagine like the way a vampire feels going from night to light. Well, I don’t actually turn to dust, but it’s wearisome and I usually only get about an hour or so of sleep … Continue reading Gone Writing…
I had a friend in high school, who I guess was making a joke about me to another group of friends one day when I wasn’t around. I’m not sure why he said it or why I was even the subject of their discussion, but another kid couldn’t wait to tell me about the insult. … Continue reading ‘There are too many hours in the day for Varnon’
Chalk Creek Writing Outfit 