I set up my aquarium for seahorses, but it isn’t Cygnus, or Ceti, or even Ghillie, who ended up hogging the spotlight. Instead, the tank’s biggest star is a fish I almost didn’t acquire at all, and who nearly forced me take him back to the fish store. Our watchman goby, Emperor Maximus Angryfish, has easily as much personality as anything else in the tank. His constant glare never fails to make me smile. His photos garner the most attention – on Twitter, on Facebook, and on this blog – despite the fact that I’m sure he would thoroughly disapprove
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Introducing: The Random Penguin
This week, I have a house guest: THE RANDOM PENGUIN! Random is a friend of my friend (and fellow author) Kerry Schafer, whose debut fantasy novel, BETWEEN, debuts this week. (And by “this week,” I mean TOMORROW!) Some of you may already know RP from Kerry’s Twitter feed, where he makes regular appearances. The Random Penguin is currently taking a World Tour to help promote the launch of BETWEEN (which is published by Penguin and also features a penguin named Poe) and I’m honored to have him with me during Kerry’s launch week. So far, RP’s turning out to be
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