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My most recent story’s byline has been fixed, and I am no longer publishing under an alias.  That ‘Pat Browne’ has published so much stuff (only a little of it mine) that I was considering just taking credit for all … Continue reading →

My story ‘Where Souls Go’ has just appeared in Red Rose Review, under the inadvertent pen name of Patricia Browne. This the most mannered story I’ve ever written.  It’s one of the stories from my work in progress, and in … Continue reading →

When I was younger, I think I would have loved Delia Sherman’s The Porcelain Dove.  It absolutely captures the feel of another, more fairy-tale time.  The aura of porcelain and flowers and stories, parties and wealth permeates the book.  The little … Continue reading →

Here’s something new (to me) – a fantasy/ folklore/ fairytale/ mythology reading challenge.  I’m going to try it at the lowest level just so as not to disappoint myself — but I bet I’ll read more than just one book … Continue reading →

I’m making a moroccan-style squash stew.  I thought of posting the recipe, but it would include things like ‘add cumin until it smells right’ and ‘cook till it’s done.’ I cook by smell.  That’s how my parents taught me about … Continue reading →

I’ve been interviewed over at Mount Oregano, my friend Sue Burke’s blog.  Thanks, Sue!   I look forward to returning the favor when Sue’s novel is issued. If you’re a fan of knights in armor you’ll want to check out … Continue reading →

That’s the cover to my first PRINT book — a compilation of the four Royal Academy novellas, all done up in paperback for holiday gifting.  A big shoutout to Melissa from CreateSpace, who made this as painless as possible.  And … Continue reading →

“So gentle and mild is the far-distant air, And the forests and fields are so clean and so rare, Blue forest on white gleaming prairie, The grandeur of nature to all is unfurled, It seems as if spring could fill … Continue reading →

I hang around on a conservative blog, and every now and then its members get into a flurry of definition.  It suddenly matters, more than anything else, whether a particular thing is ‘conservative’ or not.  Is unbridled capitalism conservative? Is … Continue reading →

When I was in research science, nobody had yet identified the ‘tone argument.’  Nevertheless, I understood that it was irrelevant.  The value of somebody’s paper lay in the Materials and methods and Results sections, not in the Introduction and Discussion … Continue reading →