Hummingbirds in the Wintertime?

Practically every day I see pigeons, crows, seagulls, starlings, robins, chickadees, sparrows.  Closer to the water, there are ducks, geese, eagles, herons and the list goes on. The Seattle Audubon Society says there's over a hundred species of birds that live in the city.  They all have different ways of interacting with humans.

Seattle also has hummingbirds.  Today, one came up to me, noticing me watching it through my bedroom window.  I was in awe as it hovered, investigating me.  I asked what it was doing here in the wintertime.

Year of the Water Dragon

...which I'll remember as

the Year I Grew Out My Hair.

Ockham's Razor - for $2.99!

I've lowered the Kindle/e-book price for Ockham's Razor from $7.99 to $2.99.

The print edition will still be $12.99.  (Reviews are here.)


(More thoughts on this decision below...)

Yaoi-Con 2011 - Pics!!!

So, Yaoi-Con was fun~

Michael and I aren't big spenders, which is hard to do at the Con with all the great art, stories and merchandise overflowing the booths. We just followed a few threads.  For him, he bought a Naruto & Sasuke poster (with them kissing, of course).  We both invested in the first couple chapters of Teahouse, one the best American yaoi comics going on right now.  I got a novel called Kaminishi after attending the author's panel and we picked up Blind Eye Books' newest release Smoketown, both of which are pretty good so far.

Yaoi-Con 2011 - Cosplay

For Yaoi-Con this year, I will cosplay as Avan Hardins from Valkyria Chronicles II.

I've looked online and I can't find a costume for him.  So even though I've never done this before (that is, I've never cosplayed before) and there's less than two months until the Con...

I am totally gonna create his costume myself!

I will update this post with pics as I go along...

On Mormon Patriarchy and Homophobia

A short essay for your reading pleasure:

Refocusing on Fiction

I received an email yesterday from a reader of Ockham's Razor.  He thanked me for "the sweetest love story" he's "read in ages" and to "implore" me to "write a sequel."  Such a comment made my day, but I told him that I will leave a sequel to readers' imaginations as I have no plans to write one.  I'm currently working on a fantasy novel, and if the romance is what hooked this particular reader, I informed him there will be plenty.