In my previous blog I discussed the trials and tribulations of researching a novel in the pre-internet age. Back then, we had to get off...

Wow. Has it really been almost three years since we posted a blog? I hope you might cut us a little slack since we’ve spent that time...

Popular history is replete with uncovering or emphasizing specific people or situations that result in significant change: Taxes create...

Nowadays at my age (the age where you use words like ‘nowadays’) I don’t listen to music very much. Or rather, I don’t really pay...

So, back in the early 90s when Doug and I stepped back from our manuscript for On the Rocks and a voice from on high said “now it belongs...

It has been said there are two kinds of writers in the world; Plotters and Pantsers. Plotters are big on planning, laying down...

We are finally doing doing it. We are taking the plunge and publishing On the Rocks on Amazon Kindle. From now on it will cost you a...

Been working on to the sequel to On The Rocks (available, for free, on link at www.siblaska.net ) and a couple of things have struck me....

I think we all can agree that the last month or so has been exhausting. Whatever your persuasion the election heightened the state of...

So, there was this little nugget in CNN.com: “Vice President Mike Pence is setting himself up to replace his boss if Trump leaves office...

My daughter and I have been having a discussion about myths in our culture. This was occasioned by her reaction to seeing the movie Ready...

So Doug and I recently came off a 2-hour Skype session where we reviewed, debated and finalized the little corrections and changes to our...

Much of our book seems pretty down on America. Many could say that our vision of an alternative America, complete with an authoritarian...

There is a lot of talk now about how bad a deal it is going to college incurring debt,, wasting four or six years going to classes when...

Despite the fact that when we originally sketched in On The Rocks as a bleak dystopian warning back in the 90's, with little actual...

Amongst the nibbles we’ve been getting for the book was a request for a treatment of the screenplay for On the Rocks. Screenplay? Sure,...

Its well known that every writer fears is the blank page ( or I guess now, I should say screen.). Working on drafts, re-writes,...

I remember exactly where and when ON THE ROCKS was born. It was a pleasant day in 1988 at Marina Beach Park in Edmonds. Our 6 year-old...

One of the more compelling attributes of living in the 21st Century is how easy it is to connect to people a long way off-- see Donald...

So this is how it starts-- my long time friend and I, a couple of Theater Guys, walk into a bar and we write a dystopian action adventure...