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, […]

It was a few years back that Brigid (my daughter) introduced me to My Chemical Romance. She did this by having me sit through the full Black Parade album. It was not a hardship. I came away impressed. Both lyrically and musically, this was a band doing some pretty amazing things. Still, I am more […]

I’m a couple days late dropping this here, but I’ve released my “latest” episode of “It’s Just Me In Here” (#6!). IJMIH is my (generally 20 minute or so) chat about what I’m up to as well as thoughts on something about the world of an Independently Published writer. You can find past episodes on […]

The world is full of messages. You know what I mean. Do this. Don’t do that! You really need to buy this cool tooth whitener. Whatever. Everyone wants to tell you how to do something or another. And then there’s the “Have tos,” too. Or the “Shoulds.” As in, if you’re writing fantasy, you really […]