The Crotchety Old Man

My Dreamspinner Family

Dreamspinner Press held their annual Authors Workshop the first weekend in March. For the second year in a row, I was able to attend. What a great weekend! During the drive down to Orlando last year I realized something new was up with my vision. The macular degeneration in my right eye progressed from dry […]

March 14, 2016
Brynn Stein: Blog Tour for Through the Years

Hi Michael, Thanks so much for allowing me to stop by your blog today. You are the last stop on my blog tour for Through the Years. I’ve been having a ball with the tour and am kind of sorry to see it end. I’ve been talking about all sorts of things and really love […]

November 13, 2014
Fabulous Five Blog Hop

My dear friend Charlie Cochet invited me to take part in the Fabulous Five Blog Hop. No big deal. Answer five questions on my blog and I’m done. One of these days, I’ll learn that nothing is ever as easy as I think it will be. After much pondering, knuckle-gnawing, and hair-pulling — a high […]

September 1, 2014
Living Again

Hi all, I’m enjoying my blog tour so far, and have gotten a fair number of responses for my give away. If you haven’t seen any of my other stops on this tour, here’s how the giveaway will work. Comment below, and go to as many sites listed in the blog schedule listed here and […]

August 7, 2014
RainbowCon 2014

My first gig as a featured author at a conference took place last month in Tampa. Back in October I dropped by a similar event — the Gay Romance Literature retreat (GRL) in Atlanta — to scope things out. Meeting and hanging out with publishers, reviewers, readers, and other writers was great fun! I heard about RainbowCon and, rather […]

May 5, 2014