I’m so excited to reveal the cover to Lords of Existence, which is the the eighth (and final) volume of my Saga of the God-Touched Mage series. If you’re interested in pre-ordering the book, you can find the links down below. As a finale, this episode has some unique and intriguing aspects that I wasn’t […]
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Damsel in Distress
I’ve mentioned before the my daughter, Brigid is a writer. I know you’ll get tired of that as a lead-in, but hey … it works for this post, so I figure you’ll just have to deal with it. What I haven’t talked about here is that, as luck would have it, her husband (hence my […]
Read More ...2015 YEAG Arrives!
I know I’ve mentioned before and before and before that my daughter, Brigid, is a writer—and a danged good one, at that. As more proof of this, you can now see (in the form of a terrible mash-up I’ve done) that authors’ copies of the 2015 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide have arrived. For my Facebook […]
Read More ...An interview, with me!
Yeah, I’ve been a little quiet lately. Such is life. 🙂 Let’s just say I’ve been steeped in story, and leave it at that for now. In the meantime … as part of promoting the 2015 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide, author Vanessa MacLellen has posted an interview with me. I figure I’ll just link to […]
Read More ...Talking funny
Lately I’ve taken to watching videos during lunch. Interviews of people I think are interesting, or other things I think I want to learn about. Today, I stumbled upon an HBO thing titled “Talking Funny,” which has Ricky Gervais, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Louis CK sitting around and talking about how they view comedy […]
Read More ...Lord of the Freeborn Cover Reveal!
The calendar marches toward the end of January and that means we’re nearing the launch of Changing of the Guard, which is volume six in my Saga of the God-Touched Mage series. As is my practice, though, today I get to reveal the cover of the next volume–Lord of the Freeborn. Definitely exciting. If you’re […]
Read More ...Analog/Asimov’s readers polls!
It’s that time of year again–Analog and Asimov’s have now released their annual readers’ polls, and I’m terribly excited to be able to remind you that that I’ve got stories on both polls. First, you might be interested in considering “Primes,” for best novelette in the Asimov’s poll. This is a tale that’s been reviewed […]
Read More ...The super-secret key to ultra-productivity
Today I wore my Slitherin shirt to work, researched demons and Chicago in the 1920s, wrote a couple thousand words, and listened to Amy Winehouse and Billie Holiday. So, yeah. Pretty typical. When I left the day job a year and a quarter ago, I remember people asking what a writer does all day. I […]
Read More ...A pleasant surprise this morning
So I’m working away on a short story and I get a twitter ping. I grumble at the interruption, but I am also struggling with a sentence, and weak. So rather than continue to struggle, I go check it out. Turns out it’s a notification from Nicole Sweeny, who runs “The Bibliophile Chronicles.” This is […]
Read More ...MLK Day – Letter From Birmingham Jail
Commemorating Martin Luther King day, a Facebook friend of mine posted a link to Dr. King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” I first read this in an anthology while I was probably a freshman in high school. I was a young white guy growing up Louisville Kentucky. It must have been 1975 or 1976. This meant […]
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