Month: July 2009

Oh, that this was a show I could actually watch.  Very funny video of a spoof PBS show, ‘Llectuals. Tag line: PBS falls on hard times. Memorable Quotes: “Are we gonna do this? Or are you too busy with your…

And I’m not talking about coffee . . . This week, I began work on my newest YA in earnest.  Unfortunately, I missed a day so today, I’m on the job, working to make my goals for the week.  Kind…

Roger Sutton has a fine comment on an editorial by Nicholas Kristof in this past Sunday’s New York Times.  I agree that any list of the BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME is pointless.  Tastes change.  I know that the books…

So I open up my email this morning to fantastic news.  A very gritty mystery I wrote last year, that was inspired both by my past life as a shrink and some fascinating talks I heard on infanticide at last…

Ever tried your hand at writing but petered out because finishing just seemed so . . . hard?  Give this a try: http://www.robertswartwood.com/?page_id=8 Go.  Read the examples.  Hint Fiction suggests a bigger story, the one you’ve got in your head…

So I’m at Shore Leave now, which is a great way of tackling the question I asked at the end of my last post: Why Trek?  It’s not like I haven’t given this some thought.  I even wrote about Trek,…

Well, not into space or even strange new worlds (more about that another time), but Shore Leave 31, a long-running–if not the longest-running–Star Trek fan convention.  I haven’t been in several years, but with Star Trek: SCE: WOUNDS doing very…

I figure this first entry is a little bit like going on a blind date.  Sweaty palms, five hours with the makeup, about a gazillion wardrobe changes and my hair just won’t cooperate and, heck, is that a zit? You…