Living Dangerously

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Abaddon Books has hired Weston Ochse to write another shared-universe novel, this one for their Afterblight Chronicles ...

Cheating in the Virtual Classroom By Weston Ochse © 2011 I recently read an article called The Shadow Scholar . When originally published ...

I have love affair with music. Like most people, different music affects many different ways. Sometimes I'm happy to just go around lis...

Upcoming Events: Jan 17 – 23           ITW Roundtable Blog: Outlining and Plotting. Feb 5                    Sierra Vista Library: 2 nd Ann...

Today I begin an International Thriller Writer sponsored roundtable discussion “ Do you plot, plan, or outline? Or, do you just go where you...

Everyone's doing a list of best books of the year. Why should I be any different. I read as much as the next guy, albiet, my reading hab...

So, I just heard that my dear friend Michael Louis Calvillo has S tage 4 CUP . This stands for Carcinoma of Unknown Primary. Oh. My. God. ...

TOMORROW! Yvonne and I will be signing copies of our books for at the Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. The book signing will o...

I don't know what it is about Blaze of Glory, but it makes me do stupid things. Take the first promotional reading I did on the internet...

I figure I should do this occasionally. Not only are there publishers out there who have thought enough of me to publish my work, but there ...

The last few days of 2010 were filled with Family. Not much writing, but getting back with family is important. My daughter came home from c...

The holiday season is working the crap out of me. Between work, buying presents, trying to get new light strings (and then hang them) for th...

BTAM's Tale of  How He Defeated King Kong and Godzilla and Got the Girl Romania Days 6 -12.   I met the Hammer and Sickle last night...

I got up this morning and talked to Von by chat for a while, then went to breakfast. When I returned, I decided to take a bath. The hotel is...