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"I must be idle."

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When the website moved (July 2019) posts and comments of the previous 10 years could not be imported. However, a small selection of posts from that decade have been copied over.

If you like my stuff, read, comment, subscribe to the blog. You'll find blog posts on a variety of subjects, but since I'm an author it's perhaps not too surprising that there's a fair number of posts about writing, books, and authors. No book reviews, though: they're on my Patreon, along with other bookish posts and more behind-the-scenes posts about my books and characters, as well as large amounts of fiction every month.

Ainy Rainwater

Mar 2, 2015
5 min

Leonard Nimoy, R.I.P. – Mr. Spock LLAP

Leonard Nimoy passed away at age 83 last week. I was among those weeping over my phone as the news spread across social media. He was best known as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, but his considerable talent went far beyond that. He was a gifted photographer and director, and by all accounts a nice guy. It’s a blessing and a curse for an actor to be so well-known for one role. A curse for an actor who wants to be so much more, but a blessing for us in the audience if the character he