Category Archives: To Be Human

A Philosophy of Stars – Release Date

Posted on May 10, 2024 by fpdorchak

As things currently stand, A Philosophy of Stars (APoS) will be released May 31, 2024, versus this week. I’d forgotten that the Ingram upload process involves aspects that require folks to wait certain amounts of time. And I will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Science Fiction, Space, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Books, Class Clown Publications, Cover Art, Greg Dorchak, Lon Kirschner, Novels, Philosophy, SF Fantasy, Technology, Zen | 2 Comments

A Philosophy of Stars

Posted on April 15, 2024 by fpdorchak

NOTE: I updated the cover image to better represent no fire in space. Even thought an argument could be made that the flames were in the planet’s atmosphere…it just didn’t hit the “physics” part of me right. I’m thrilled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Covers, Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Science Fiction, Space, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Books, Cover Art, Lon Kirschner, Novels, Philosophy, SF Fantasy, Technology, Zen | 1 Comment

COSine 2024 – After-Action Report

Posted on January 26, 2024 by fpdorchak

Last weekend I attended my fourth COSine conference. My schedule had been the following: Sat 9 a.m., Main Events: Give Yourself Permission to Suck Sat 2 p.m., Lobby Nook: Encouraging Advice for Artists and Writers Sat 5:30 p.m., Atrium: Author … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Fun, Metaphysical, Music, Paranormal, Reincarnation, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Art, Books, Conferences, Conventions, COSine, COSine2024, Fans, Fantasy Cons, Movies, Pikes Peak Makerspace, Tandy Computing, TRS-80 | 4 Comments

I’m Surprisingly Okay

Posted on January 18, 2024 by fpdorchak

I couldn’t leave my last post as it was. After having had the insulting, exhausted, mixed feelings of being ignored by New York City Publishing, I came back the next day, well, rather exited! Thank you to all who left … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Coping, Moving On, Optimism, Optimist, rebirth | 4 Comments

Calling it “Quits”

Posted on January 15, 2024 by fpdorchak

Even though I’ve been fighting with this decision the past two years, my agent made the decision easier for me today: she had to drop my manuscript (ms) with her. She’s sent it to all of the legit houses, even … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Door Number Three, Failure, Moving On, Publishing, Quitting, Regrouping, The Next Door, Writing | 13 Comments

COSine 2024

Posted on January 11, 2024 by fpdorchak

Next weekend (Jan 19 – 21, 2024) I am attending COSine 2024 in Colorado Springs. My panel schedule is as follows: Sat 9 a.m., Main Events: Give Yourself Permission to Suck Sat 2 p.m., Lobby Nook: Encouraging Advice for Artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Covers, Books, Fantasy, Fun, Leisure, Metaphysical, Music, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Anthologies, Cons, Conventions, COS, COSine, Fans, Independant Publishing, self publishing, Short Stories, sine, Writers | 3 Comments

From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Posted on January 5, 2024 by fpdorchak

I received The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows for Christmas, and absolutely love it. It’s a little book with a huge personality. It’s powerful in its scope. It explains so much, even gives…substantiality to…many of the odd feelings I have and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Languages, Metaphysical, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Books, Cant, Etymology, Jargon, John Koenig, Language, Language Change, Lexical Innovation, Linguistics, metaphysics, Neologisms, Nonce, Obscure Terms, Obscure Thesaurus, Prefixes, Reference Books, Sorrow, Suffixes, Term, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, Wood Roots, Word Formation, Writing | 3 Comments

Greg Dorchak – Brother, Artist, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Author, and Comedian…

Posted on December 23, 2023 by fpdorchak

My brother, Greg, has done a lot of things in his life, and this certainly is one of them. He’s written a new book, a memoir at his young-ass age (he’s younger than me, goldangit, and I haven’t even written … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Comedy, Memories, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Acting, BUY HIS BOOK, Coming of Age, Film, Hometowns, Little Brother, Memoirs, Memories, Mysterious | 6 Comments

Marc Schuster – Renaissance Man!

Posted on December 23, 2023 by fpdorchak

Though we’ve never met, I’ve known Marc since 2012. When I first discovered him, he was a writer…but now he’s reinvented himself as a musician (though he still does some writing/reviewing), and his music is utterly fantastic! It’s moody, whimsical, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Music, To Be Human | Tagged Alternative Music, Android Invasion, Bandcamp, Fun, Music, Plush Gordon, Spotify, Zapatero | 1 Comment

MileHiCon55 – After-Action Report

Posted on November 22, 2023 by fpdorchak

Apologies for being late in getting this here, but I had several huge projects I had to first complete. That said… My schedule last month consisted of: Tuckerizations (moderated) Successful Indie Publishing (moderated) The Reading Game (moderated) Mass Autographing Tuckerizations … Continue reading →