Song for the Iran protest: Freedom now is sailing On a Sea of Green Voices from the rooftops Rising up to a scream Shriek in the song Of a swift-flying bird Voices of freedom Demand to be heard The sniper on the rooftop Cannot hide...

A little doggerel (or cat-eral) about one of my favorite characters from my Ratha series about intelligent prehistoric cats; Thakur, the clan's herding teacher. It addresses a silly problem with his name. Somewhat inspired by Edward Lear: The Herding...

For an author, especially when faced with a deadline, a great source for information about nearly everything is the kids non-fiction section in the library. When I was writing my novel, The Jaguar Princess (Tor Books 1993) about ancient Aztec Mexico,...

For purposes of fun and silliness, I have given the Named clan cat characters the ability to temporarily teleport from their home in the California Miocene so that they can peek into the human world and remark upon what they see. This, of course is...

A few days ago, to take a break from the laptop, I picked up Solo's Journey. Intending to sample the first few chapters, I found myself drawn in to the story of Solo, a feral kit who loses his mother and has to find his own way in the feral cat...