And so things come full circle (of magic). The first novel that Doyle and I wrote together was the (still unpublished) Ice Cream Wizard. A fantasy/SF crossover with some great bits — including the Secret Origin of Doc and Beka (two characters who you’ll remember from the Mageworlds series.) Anyway, I went to the IceContinue reading “Ice Cream Wizard”
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Make Friendship an Action Figure
Help convince Mattel to make Friendship the Magician from RAW (it’s pro wrestling) into an action figure for their upcoming Festival of Friendship series. Sign the petition! Mattel is producing a Festival of Friendship set as part of their Epic Moments series. But one character is missing, Friendship the Magician. To some Friendship was aContinue reading “Make Friendship an Action Figure”
Summer’s Lease Isn’t Up Yet
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Any day now, though, the maple tree by the foot of our driveway will show its first patch of color. August up here is almost as much the start of autumn as it is the last of summer, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I lived…
Erase Una Vez en el Oeste
Today is the anniversary of a couple of iconic events from the Wild West: One of the first, if not the first, actual middle-of-the-street quick-draw gunfighter duels, and the first train robbery by the Younger-James gang (not the first train robbery of the Old West, though — the Reno brothers beat Cole and Frank toContinue reading “Erase Una Vez en el Oeste”
Peeve Plus
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Today’s peeve, because I haven’t been peevish for a while: Listen up, people.? The phrase you’re aiming for isn’t “make due.”? It’s “make do.” I know that homonyms are tricky, and “do” and “due” are homonyms in some dialects of English.†? (My own native dialect isn’t one of…
JAMES D. MACDONALD 