On telling the truth...

One of my favorite blogs is "Musings of a Dinosaur" by a family practice doctor.

People lie to doctors all the time. About what they eat, how much they smoke, what drugs they take, their sexual histories -- anything they feel ashamed of. Our culture teaches us to hide, to lie not only to others but to ourselves. The usual cost is our self-respect. Sometimes it is our lives. Sometimes when we move past the shame, we find unexpected gifts.

http://dinosaurmusings.blogspot.com/2010/03/truth.html

Book View Cafe has a new member!

On Wednesday, March 24th, Book View Café welcomes Jay Caselberg as its newest member. Caselberg is an Australian author currently based in Germany. When not writing, he can be found in various countries around the world for his dayjob. His four volume future noir series appeared from Roc Books, but he also has many short fiction appearances in venues such as Interzone, Aurealis, The Third Alternative, Polyphony, Electric Velocipede and many others. He is more inclined to depict himself as a short fiction writer who just happens to write novels.

For his debut, Caselberg is offering chapter one from his novel Binary. Watch for subsequent chapters from Caselberg on Wednesdays at http://www.bookviewcafe.com.

Visit Caselberg’s bookshelf at BookViewCafe.com at http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Jay-Caselberg/ where you can also find his short story “The Cabinet,” and his novelette “Iridescence.”