Evolution Device is 2

Two years ago yesterday my novel of music and magic, Evolution Device was published. Two years ago tomorrow, it was a Big Idea. THE BIG IDEA is a regular feature on Whatever, the blog of multi-award winning science fiction author John Scalzi.  It features essays by authors about the ideas behind the writing… Continue reading

So much to do, so little time

I’m one of those people who always has too much to do. That’s solid truth. My To Do list goes on and on and on, from big-ticket items to small. The list starts with finishing my straw bale house (generations of birds have been born in the sections of walls… Continue reading

Holiday Gift suggestions

How about music and magic for the holidays? ♪♪♪♪♪  Evolution Device ♪♪♪♪♪ Do you remember when music was magic? Do you remember being spellbound, in thrall to the power and glory that stole your soul and made you high? Do you still listen? Is a part of you still there?… Continue reading

Evolution Device – a novel of magic and music

  I am absolutely thrilled to let you know that my novel, Evolution Device, will be hitting the bookstores late this summer.   Evolution Device is the story of British rock guitarist Eddie Edmunds in the wild times of the 1970s. His muse, Lily, is an entity of pure energy… Continue reading

Sometimes it’s good

I write all the time I don’t mean all the blabbery on social media.  I’m talking real writing — at least by my definition of “real”. Stories.  I stopped writing them a long time ago but now I do again.  Why?  Don’t know.  I write the occasional poem.  I’m no… Continue reading

Expect a miracle

Miracles are magical things. Magic is miraculous.  Magic, miracle, samey-same. You might not think so but yes, it’s true. First, let me explain the photo to the left. I clipped it to my desktop computer long enough ago that there are fly spots on it and I had to wipe off… Continue reading

Still coming to a bookstore near you…

Last May I wrote on my Mage Music blog about a book I’ve been wrestling with since 2009, Evolution Device.   It is vaguely inspired by Jimmy Page — but it’s absolutely not about him at all, as you will see when you read the book. I had hoped to get at least… Continue reading