Writing
Awards Eligibility Post – 2026
An annual accounting of my writing for the year. I had a novella come out this year, some short stories, and a game!
Life
My First Kiss
His name was Eduardo, and he was from Argentina. I immediately liked him because he looked like a high school friend, also named Ed. We met on the sidewalk by my dorm because he was loudly making fun of bad Read more
Blathering
I Can Never Be a Working Class Hero
Some time ago, a writing mentor of mine encouraged me to tap into my working-class background as a “differentiator,” to help promote myself. It has not really paid off. I think the only people who care are those who picked Read more
Writing
Hand Selling Books Without Hating Yourself
I despise hand-selling my books. The whole reason I’m not a self-published author is I want someone else to do that. The shame is painful. The embarrassment. I feel exactly how I used to feel when my mom would ask Read more
Blathering
It’s Neither Artificial, Nor Intelligent
Call me a Luddite: I’m fed up with predictive large language models. I’m exhausted with it. I gave the stuff the good old college try. I looked at what it could do, how to program it. I started way before Read more
Blathering
Taking in Washing
In the book, “The Battle-Fields of 1866,” there is an essay by Edward Dicey about Heligoland, a small German archipelago in the North Sea near Denmark. In the essay, Dicey records the oldest known version of a now-famous adage: What Read more
Blathering
High Art vs. Human Suffering
I was fixing this professor’s computer, and we got along great. I was one of only two Unix support personnel at the university and he was a Unix user. He was also from Turkey and made me Turkish Coffee every Read more