Eric Mayer

Eric Mayer Byzantine Blog Probably the only vaguely interesting thing about me is that with my wife, Mary Reed, I co-author the John the Eunuch mystery series set in sixth century Constantinople. But that doesn't stop me from dwelling here on the boring minutiae of the rest of my life, present and past, along with the occasional word about writing.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (4) Eric's Website Poisoned Pen Press There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. --Michel de Montaigne		2006-01-01 1:46 PM A Good Start At midnight I was working on a short story. I paused, listening for the sound of celebratory gunfire which inevitably welcomes the New Year to the wilds of northeastern Pennsylvania. Outside the window by my desk there was only darkness and silence. Was the clock on my computer wrong? I waited for a few minutes. There was no gunfire this year. I resumed writing. 2006 is off to a good start. Read/Post Comments (4) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top