How to Take an Interest in a Subject You Usually Don't Find Interesting

I have a new novel out!

It is entitled That's Not Right, and I am extremely proud of it. It is available on Kindle, and on Audible, narrated by the always excellent Luke Daniels.

Things often happen that are out of my control, but I would very much like to turn releasing a new book abut this time of year into an annual event, similar to how Agatha Christie always released “A Christie for Christmas.”

If I can pull this schedule off, I hope people will refer to reading my new book each year as having a “Meyery Christmas.”

As part of the festive holiday commercial extravaganza, my first (and, by far, most popular) novel, Off to Be the Wizard will be available for Kindle in the US market for $1.99 throughout December. This is a nice chance to give it a look-see for less than the cost of a Starbucks. If you like it, the Kindle version of the second book in the series, Spell or High Water will also be on sale for $2.49.

So, on that note, allow me to be the first to wish you all a very Meyery Christmas!

Now, on to the commentary

Here’s the news story this comic was based on. 

I don’t want to make light of a person’s death, even if it happened a century ago, while participating in an activity that is exciting primarily because of its death-defying nature. There’s just something about the image of climbers finding a foot, still in its boot and sock, and knowing it belonged to a famous missing climber because his name was embroidered on the sock in bright red letters, and cheering about it. It’s only slightly less perfect than the mountain climbing episode of the Simpsons where Homer found the body of his father’s deceased climbing partner, with an incriminating letter and a bite taken out of his leg.

I haven’t seen that episode in well over a decade and I remember so many details, down to the fact that “That snake Abe Simpson” ate the last canned short-stack of pancakes. If the Simpsons had been an educational show, the United States would be the smartest nation on Earth.