File this under Serendipity. We had a long drive planned for today, leaving Te Anau in the southwest for a drive across most of the South Island toward Christchurch.  We weren’t even planning on stopping in Oamaru, but Kathy wanted to stop by the information centre and see if we could book a room farther […]

Here’s your takeaway photo from Milford Sound, which is not a sound actually but a fjord, carved as fjords are from glaciers. New Zealand is very excited over the Hobbit premiere, which is going on even as I type. How excited are they? During this morning’s news, the weatherman dressed as Legolas and gave the forecast […]

It’s only a little over a week before you can submit your applications to Taos Toolbox, the master class for science fiction taught by Nancy Kress, special lecturer Melinda M. Snodgrass, and yours truly. Toolbox students have had an admirable record of sales and reward nominations and victories.  If you’re serious about being a writer, […]

I visit the Tongariro volcano, and within 24 hours THIS happens! If I don’t get over this cold, I’m gonna get all Armageddon on this place.