Skeptophilia

Two days ago, I finished the draft of my historical novel Nightingale .  I checked the document to see when I created it -- October 21, 2025...

I've written here before about the tragedy of lost books -- and that prior to the invention of the printing press, the great likelihood...

A while back I was interviewed on the radio program Graphic Ear , and the interviewer, the wonderful Sabra Wood, asked me an interesting que...

Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with a dear friend of mine, the wonderful author K. D. McCrite.  (Do yourself a favor and check ...

I'm currently working on a trilogy about the fall of civilization that is not, I hasten to state, inspired by current events. It's a...

It's a sad truth that written records are ephemeral. The Library of Alexandria burns, taking with it an unguessed number of priceless ma...

If you needed further evidence that being in an administrative role does not necessarily mean you have any idea what you're talking abou...

Over the Thanksgiving holiday we were in Northampton, Massachusetts visiting family, and we took the opportunity to visit an amazing used bo...