Waiting for Bilbo

Are you standing in line to be the first person in the world to see "The Hobbit?" If you want to connect with a very funny cartoonist with a SF/Fantasy Fan point of view, check out Waiting for Bilbo.

I'm forever grateful I lived long enough to see Lord of the Rings turned into Peter Jackson's trilogy. Along the way, I kept company with Debbie Ridpath Ohi through her strip Waiting for Frodo.

If you're a writer, check out Debbie's blog Inky Girl.

Darth Phones Home

Apparently Darth Vader is posting on Twitter. As a fan of Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Really Short Stories and other types of flash fiction, I'm fascinated by the collage of tiny stories that are being posted to the mini-blogs like Twitter and Tumblr. Can a story be told in six words? Try these. For short fiction, non-fiction and poetry read this online magazine: Flashquake.

Time, Space, Books & You

Do you ever wonder why you have all those books surrounding you? Some you've read and will read again. Some are for reference. Some are for inspiration. Some books ... maybe someday. Pick any one of them up, close your eyes, and with your eyes closed open the book to a random page. With your eyes still closed, point to a spot on the page. Open your eyes, read the nearest sentence or phrase. Contemplate: what does this mean for you today? In other words, this is your message today from the Universe. Not a forecast. More of a conversation with Life. It's called Bibliomancy or Stichomancy.