I went, as a sci fi/fantasy finalist, with no great expectations. I felt honored to be a finalist in the PNWA contest this year, so that was enough; anything else was just icing on that cake. My first conference was a great experience. I met interesting, kind and cool people without trying, got excellent advice, […]
Supernatural is currently my favorite TV show. I am partway through Season 10. The surprise is to me is that Supernatural has never let me down. Sustaining a long TV series with quality and interest is very analogous in my mind to a band producing a long string of excellent CDs. Both seem incredibly difficult to […]
About nine years ago King County came to me as Trails Club Advocate for Cougar Mountain and asked my opinion on whether the new trailhead near Nike Park on Cougar Mountain should be named after Harvey Manning. I thought about it a (brief) moment, and replied that it shouldn’t. Having spent years poring over Harvey’s original trail […]