My wife and I listen to Radio Paradise, a very eclectic independent Internet radio station. When I say we listen to it, I mean we listen to it. Almost every hour of every day it fills our living space. We like it in part because it’s programmed by two people who apparently have lived a […]

The past few weeks have brought discussion about the influence of Artificial Intelligence in various artistic environments. I’ve posted about AI text generators before, and I spoke to my musician brother about AI in music—which may not be quite as robust quite yet, but which could include things like automatic drummers and Other Synthesizing Things. […]

Like a lot of writers, I’ve been keeping a bit of an eye out on the big Penguin Random House affair. You know what I mean. The merger and the hearing and news coming out about the industry and how it’s worked or not worked for a long time. Being a person who grew up […]

I’m so happy to announce that STARDUST, book 8 of the Stealing the Sun series, is now officially published! As my newsletter folks now already know, I enjoyed writing this book because I got to return to Eden in it—or, as the quadars know it, Esgarat. I’ve often thought that these parts of the story […]

In today’s reminder that being an independent writer/publisher means it’s all just me inside this little black box, I pretty much dumped my normal morning “word creation” routine to focus on getting a couple big deal publishing things managed. The biggest of the big deals is this: STARBORN, Stealing the Sun: Book 9 is now […]

I was getting a bit bored, which is not a good sign. Specifically, I was writing an origin story for a fun new project that I’m going to need to spend some time announcing. But, yeah, I haven’t done that, yet. It’s going to be fun, though. Lots of good stuff. And I get to […]

Lisa and went to the library this past week, and have now been certified as reliable to take books away from the premises. There was never any doubt about Lisa, of course. She’s as dependable as they come. On the other hand, the gang authenticated me, too. So make of that whatever you want as […]

I see Dean Wesley Smith has another bit up on the concept of Pulp Speed. You should read it. You should also take into account your own situation, but you should read it because the important point therein is really not about speed. I know, that seems odd given its title. But I know certain […]

All right, then; I’m doing a kickstarter. I’m quite excited about it and have spent considerable time trying to get everything just so. In fact, as we draw nearer, I am still tweaking a thing here or there. That’s why, as I patted myself on the back as I put out the pre-requisite announcement by […]

I’m on a bit of a jag recently in which I’m thinking about the perhaps too big and too pompous question of why I write. There are writers I know who primarily seem to write in order to be read. Being read—being published—is certainly in the mix for me, or at least I find myself […]