6 Pages
That’s what I’ve got left in my current fiction project. 6 pages of story outline, consisting of 2 chapters and an epilogue …
…Is Everything
Timing, that is. This last week, I’ve been pushing really hard to finish up my science fiction project, and I’ve come to …
Moving Forward
I’d like to run a bit of a contest / promotion for you all. A couple weeks back I did a brief …
On The Counting of Things
May wasn’t the best of months for writing, if by writing you mean advancing plots. I didn’t get a lot of work …
On Living in the Future
As I type these words, I’m listening to my friend Mary Robinette Kowal read from an updated version of her first novel, …
Countdown to Distinction: 24 days
In just under a month, my first professional sale in over a decade will be in the hands of readers. As with …
On the Flip Side
Last weekend was one of my few guaranteed social engagements of the year, a Science Fiction convention called RadCon. It’s a three …
A Tale of Two Gift Cards
I’m the kind of consumer who sees things I or someone else would like, and then buys it. There doesn’t have to …
Meditations on Joy and Discovery
One of the truly rewarding things about writing for me is the process of discovery. I’m an outliner, and generally have an …