People are always telling me I get a lot done. They see my social media posts when I sell a story or when I finish knitting a sweater and they are like, “Wow, do you even sleep, bro?” A lot of this is assymetrical insight. They see all the things Read more…
I’ve been battling depression for the past two or three weeks. I also battled to hide it. I didn’t want people to be annoyed with me for being a downer. I probably did a bad job of that. It’s frustrating, when your emotions themselves become a problem. When you have Read more…
In writing workshops, sometimes you find yourself with nothing to say about a particular story. It’s either so not your thing you don’t know how to improve it, or it’s just plain good already. The dangerous temptation is to come up with something to say, anyway, something minor or weird, Read more…
I’m in a place in my writing career now where other people are looking to me as a mentor, and invariably they tell me, “I started writing seriously X years ago” where X < 5. And I want to die a little. Why did I take so long to get Read more…
There was a scandal in the Steven Universe Fandom a year or two ago. A young fan artist posted a picture on her Tumblr of Rose Quartz. She’d drawn Rose skinny, although on the show she is quite chubby. The fandom was full of people overjoyed at Rose being fat, Read more…
On Saturday, November 10, I attended a sweet workshop at Case Western Reserve University’s Writing Center. The presenter was Linda Robertson, and the topic was “Speculative Fiction: From Concept to Pitch.” Attendees were asked to submit a brief (one page) story concept, and in addition to taking us through the Read more…
Here are the stories I have published this year that are eligible for your consideration for the Hugo, Nebula, or Best Author on the East Side Who Doesn’t Have A Mustache, or whatever. (10 short stories and 6 poems. If that’s too much to read through, my favorite one was Read more…