A new year has come, and over the last few weeks I’ve been pondering 2009. And I’ve come to one simple conclusion… 2009 was a year of relative stagnation for The Bearded Goose. I feel that I’ve accomplished very little, and I haven’t really progressed or grown over the course of those last twelve months. Don’t get me wrong,...

Well… we’ve reached, and passed, the halfway mark through this surprisingly warm month of November in the year of 2009. And while much has been accomplished already, very little of it is related to the activities I thought I’d try my hand at. As a reminder, you can always head back to the post I wrote back on the first. How have I fared in these...

Those who know me know that I have a rather extensive game collection, both board/card games as well as roleplaying games. An entire wall in my basement is devoted to this hobby of mine, and I wish there were more time in any given week to play more of these objects of cardboard and wood. At last count, I had over 200 board and card games, including various...

The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines Published by DAW (January 6, 2009) ISBN-10: 0756405327 ISBN-13: 978-0756405328 At A Glance: What would happen if an author went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for his plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie’s Angels? What’s delivered is The Stepsister Scheme—a whole new take on what...

Just a brief note to let folks know that November has arrived and there are a number of events in which I shall be participating, namely: 1. NaBloWriMo (National Blog Writing Month), in which I shall endeavor to draft and publish a blog post each and every day throughout the month of November. 2. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), in which I shall endeavor to...