Available for Pre-Order! I have completed my memoir of growing up in Africa (Rhodesia) during the Fifties and Sixties, and it is available for pre-order in Kindle. Publication date is March 31, 2021 and it will also at that time be available in paperback. In the meanwhile, I will post below the first chapter, since…

A Personal Look During my childhood, my mother would buy good books for me that nurtured my drift toward fantasy, adventure, and sci-fi genres. As a writer, poet, and playwright, she strongly encouraged reading the classics. Her own tastes were eclectic, but she must have recognized a leaning in her daughter toward mythology and fantasy.…

Grayfell, an Eldred Wizard I have several characters who are fathers in my books—three, in fact. One is an exemplary father, one is a father who tries hard but often does not succeed, and another is a father that I would not wish on anybody. I don’t know if all wizards celebrate Father’s Day. I…

A Work in Progress It has been a while since I last blogged. I’m embarrassed to say when. Do you want to hear my excuses, or would you just like me to shut up and blog? I hope the latter, but there’s a part of me that says life has been tough the past year…

What is Magic?   What do you think of when you think of magic? We all remember the movies, Fantasia, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It was pretty straight-forward—magical wands, glowing crystals, etc. Only the wizards knew how any of that stuff worked. As both a child and now an adult (well, sort of) I loved…