Apropos of nothing, a newsletter I get sent me a link to a site that lets you see a list of things people did at whatever age you might be. I’m 61 (yikes), and that list is uninspiring. It includes both the fact that Richard Nixon resigned at that age, and that, also that age, […]

I’m just a few days late to the party here, but I wanted to take a moment to say “Yay!” about a really fun piece that you can find in the newly released issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly, subtitled Avast! The issue itself is crammed full of pirates in … well … I was going […]

2020 – Holy shit 2021 – Hold my beer 2022 – Hang in there 2023 – Hope springs eternal That’s how I’m feeling right now. I’m getting up there in the years, but I think I’m not in a minority when I say these past six years or so have been about as chaotic as […]

I’m really happy to be Kickstarting a new project. Starting next week, you’ll be able to back: Five Seven Five Science fictional examinations of the elusive haiku. Which is a project I undertook specifically to play around with both haiku and one of those nifty artificial intelligence art generators. The concept came about in a […]

As noted in my last post, I track a lot of stuff. That means I have To Do lists and task-based schedules of projects I want to get done. When something new comes up, I’m known to create a stand-alone sheet of milestones to help me focus. All that is good and well, but the […]

This is a “Let’s Look Back” post, but I hope it’s a bit different from most (he says poetically). If you’re not interested in the inner workings of a full-time, independently published writer, you might want to move along. However, if you are interested, then strap in and see where this goes. Maybe there will […]

I’m intrigued today by the recent flurry of social media posts I’ve seen about AI-generated art. It’s that time, I guess. There was that big rush earlier, and then a quiet lull. Now folks are posting again. Since I follow a lot of writers and a few artists I see the flurry as hand-wringing about […]

All right then. The Kickstarter is finished. The story bundle is nearing its end. (though you can still grab a deal for a couple weeks). But, if all you want is a simple copy of On Writing (and Reading!) Short, your time is here. I’m very happy to announce that my first foray into nonfiction […]

Because I’m still dealing with a long-running head cold and my brain is only letting me do fiction for limited sprints before chortling gleefully as I re-read the same line seven times in a row, I’ve decided I shall write this post as a diversion. It stared when a twitter friend (who I don’t know) […]

I’m quite chuffed to note that my new non-fiction book On Writing (and Reading!) Short, which was officially released first as a kickstarter, is now included as part of a great StoryBundle—this one targeted toward people who write, from beginner to grizzled expert. The Writer’s Career Toolbook is a collection of books curated by the […]