V. Yongewa Writes

Ok, that's not a catchy title, but it has the virtue of being a provable fact. Someone in Japan went on Amazon and bought one of my...

The legal system is fascinating. It can tell you a lot about a place and time. That is why I will write the post "Let's Crime, Medieval...

So, I have been thinking about my Adventure in Zeppler story. I think it probably needs a bit of adding to various conversations to make...

Here is a little something extra for you: I'm revising my latest Wolfsburg Adventure, and I am removing bits that don't do anything for...

So, I have a theory about how terrible books become bestsellers. There is a class of readers who read fast, with little comprehension,...

The story of Terry Pratchett's first book goes something like this: He was working for a nuclear plant as some sort of copyeditor and he...

We Need to Talk About The Picatrix If you are a Lovecraft fan, you know what a grimoire is. It’s the Necronomicon. But, possibly apart...

One of the benefits of researching is that you fall upon obscure works. I hunted down the Picatrix because it was mentioned as a grimoire...

Swimming always brings good times to mind: lazy summer days, birthday parties for little kids, and long days doing cannonball dives with...

I just finished reading a book of stories about imposters, and it had one terrible thing in common with the book of hoaxes I replaced it...