During my big cross-country tour, I had the great opportunity to chew the fat with several of my friends. As is only obvious, we talked about a gazillion things, but in the midst of all that was a friend who asked me how to get one of my special edition books. He had seen the […]

(Or, adjusting schedules) That’s it. I’m changing the schedule for my next Kickstarter project. As a person with a high Achievement component, that decision annoys me, but it is what it is. To give in to that frustration and just decide to move forward can at times be a good thing, but this, I think, […]

I’m getting excited again. That’s because the second and final (for now!) collection of my stories published in Analog SF and Fact is nearing readiness to jump into the world. 1101 Digital Stories in an Analog World (sibling to last year’s 1100 Digital Stories in an Analog World, naturally!) will be kickstarting sometime late next […]

All right. This is going to sound weird at first, and then it will get obvious why it’s weird. And then you’ll go off and have fun. That’s what I think, anyway. We’ll find out. I finished reading a short story last night, and was oddly disturbed. Being the kind of guy I am, earlier […]

(…or Going Back to the Basics) Lisa, Brigid, and I hold season tickets to the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces games. If you follow “The W,” you know that it’s been an interesting season for the team. They started with high expectations, and promptly set about NOT fulfilling them. These things happen sometimes, and when they […]

(or, What Would David Bowie Do?) (or, or, I’m Ch-Ch-Changing My Prices, Among Other Things!) I recall a moment a few years back, sitting in a hotel suite and jabbering with a bunch of writers. Somewhere along the way, I said that I thought living the life of a creative meant moving along from place […]

Among the group of writers I hang around with, the topic of “20 Books” has recently been in the discussion space. Most people I know equate that phrase with the 20 Books to $50K concept made somewhat famous by the gang that ran the conference of the same name (and that eventually moved to the […]

Let’s get this straight right up front: I wish we were not in a world where we had to talk about artificial intelligence in writing. I mean. Life was simpler before AI came into our lives, or at least it was a lot less chaotic. I am futurist enough to get interested in what AI […]

A friend and I were talking, and they asked if I felt like I could still make projections out into the future. I’m not sure of the full reason they asked, but the question felt like it came combined with the sense of science fictional wonder mixed with concern for the common-day pragmatism that says […]

Whew! The Kickstarter for my 10th Anniversary Special Edition of Saga of the God-Touched Mage has officially closed! * (*) Aside: If you’re interested in getting in on the game, though, the late pledge gates are still open—so fee free to run over there and check it out! I do so love a good Kickstarter, […]