Hey, all! An old friend from my days at Steubenville is a homeschooling mom in Alberta, Canada. Her & her husband both teach, and I was asked to put together some study questions about The Tripods Attack and The Emperor of North America. So, here’s a few. Let me know what you think, folks! To [...]
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Hey, all! Had a great weekend at Gamestorm. Once again, I had a great time running all the games I did, but my fave was what has become a yearly group of regulars who join up with my Steampunk-version of popular sf/f series. In it’s fourth year, after doing STeam Wars and its sequels for [...]
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Yippee! The Catholic Register (of Toronto) was always around the house when I grew up. Now, they’ve reviewed my book! Spoiler warnings, though, should have been posted. Still, the fellow who reviewed it showed remarkable taste: “…Though the real Chesterton never hung off the arm of a giant robot as it stomped across New York [...]
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Hurm! Check out what Niel Gaiman has to say (for those not in-the-know, he’s been on the scene in the late 80s, and best known as a writer of Fantasy-SF…he’s something of a demi0god in the geek circles for his contributions) Check it out! Click Here…. …While I cannot approve of everything he’s produced, there [...]
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Happy Ash Wednesday! THe McNichol clan spent Mardi Gras eating homemade chocholate chip King-Cake, and making masks on each other with Rigid Wrap, then painting & foam trimming them with Gold, Green and Purple stuff. A great night! I don’t think I can remember a time when all 7 McNichol kids worked on ANYTHING without [...]
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Yech. If you folks are reading this in the AM and believe in retroactive prayers, please say a few for my insomnia tonight. I hate when this junk hits and I hafta get up with my little ones in the morning. True, it could be worse…I do love my job, very, very much…I’d do it [...]
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Whoo Hoo! Another, Amazing, 5 Star review on Amazon! This one had me waving my arms back and forth a whisper-shouting “Win! Win! WIIIIIIIIIN!” What a great weekend this has been! An afternoon of WH40k with my boys at Dice Age Games, Mass, dinner at the Church, finished watching Inception, and now this! What a [...]
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Hey, guys! The 2nd part of my interview is up over at Theology Geek. Read and enjoy! JDM
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Hey, all! Well, got a nice little email from one of my favorite readers! Here’s what Isaac has to say: >> Hello mr. Mcnichol! I would like to see anne either be captured and lost >> or to turn to the dark side or be killed. I VOTE FOR FRANCES. >> SORRY ANNE. Well, the [...]
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