The nice folks over at Simon & Schuster put up an excerpt from the forthcoming ebook Star Trek: The Next Generation – Slings & Arrows: A Weary Life. It’s from Chapter One and sets things up and with luck, it’ll whet your appetite.For those wondering, there have been no announced plans as yet for a […]
Super Tuesday is upon us and I hope everyone living in the 22 states stuffed into the calendar go out and vote. Maybe, by the time we wake up Wednesday morning, the dust will have settled and we’ll know who will be in the General Election. Then we can ignore the screaming until after Labor […]
We find ourselves entering week three of the New Reality cautiously optimistic. Robbie completed his ten day Induction round of chemo and according to the doctors, handled it really well. There have been side effects including a nasty bout of pancreatitis but he did fine without giving up his spirit and determination to beat this.What […]
At the moment, the good news is that I am not working on any long-form writing projects. Since all of my work is now being done from the hospital room, I have to be able to pick up and drop work at a moment’s notice. And still, I am accomplishing more than I thought.I’ve done […]
Today, after months and months and months of development, blood, sweat and tears, Heroes Happen Here launched. The teaser strip has been up for a month but today, the first of six months’ worth of daily comic strips, have gone live. Out first two weeks were written by Chuck Dixon, illustrated by Rick Burchett and […]
It’s amazing how quickly Robbie fell apart last weekend and its equally amazing to see how things can improve.Yesterday, he was tired but clearly on the mend. Today, he’s the best we’ve seen him in weeks. In the last 24 hours he has been fever-free and they took him off the oxygen mask. In fact, […]
Things are stable at the moment and we’ve all fallen into a routine as we begin week two in our new reality.Robbie is on day five of his ten day aggressive chemo therapy and is responding well enough. After a stay in the ICU, it looks promising that he will be transferred out in the […]
We are stunned. The outpouring of messages here and privately, have been amazing – and very much appreciated. The comments have moved us to happy tears.I will not be turning this space into a daily diary about his condition but I did want to thank everyone for their prayers and best wishes. It was surprising […]
Much drama has centered on how lives change in an instant. Most of us live our lives and have some sense when things are about to change. We sense falling in love or when things are going sour at work.Then there are those sudden events when things change in a blink. A fall breaks a […]