Can You Hear the People Reading
One of my personal benchmarks for success as a writer has been to have my words leave the page and enter the …
Chasing the Whale
4 years ago today, I took one of the biggest gambles of my professional life. Based on a handshake and a few …
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 …
The Empty Set
For the last 41 years, the third Sunday in June has been officially recognized as Fathers Day in the United States. Many …
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, …
Across the Lines
Outside my window, birds are singing the world to life. The planet slowly turns, and half a world away flowers are opening …
The Boy of Summer
The images above are from my ever-changing array of faces, specifically the last four years of my life. Here’s a little story …
The Best Kind of Gift
When I was young, I was told a number of lies about giving gifts. The first and most egregious of these was …
Countdown to Distinction: 5 Days
SideQuests: The Book of Seven Hands In less than a week, my first professional sale in over a decade will be in …