FRANKLYN C. THOMAS

A former wheelman, now living as a mechanic, is trying to do right for his family, running a legitimate business during challenging...

Hey folks, happy Summer! Hope you are all enjoying grill and barbecue season, beach time for those who can do that, and the general good...

There’s nothing that creatives fear more than things that make them stop creating. I have a harsh fear of writer’s block. You know what...

Okay, yeah, it’s been a minute. How have you been? It’s been a wild ride over the last few months on this end, and I have just been...

A couple of weekends ago, my wife surprised me with tickets to Emerald City Comic Con. I should tell the whole story. It was my turn to...

Hey everybody! Spring is coming, weeks after the groundhog said it would be here. Lesson learned: don’t trust rodents. All bad jokes...

I was raised to think that humility was good and anything that wasn’t humility was hubris, and therefore bad. These are, of course, not...

I think back often to the first time I met my in-laws. My wife and I had been dating about a year. In that time, she had moved from...

My review of John Scalzi's fun sci-fi novel, Redshirts.

A look at what's coming up in February...

Hi. I’m Frank. I’m a writer, and this is Work in Progress, my shamelessly self-promoting blog on my even more shamelessly...

A look at the music I'm listening to as I work on my next project.

Review of Jackson Ford's third entry in his Frost Files series

Hey everybody! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season complete with laughter, warmth, smooth travel, and family...

Join me in a celebratory reflection on the last year.