Blathering
Suspense
I’m starting to learn how to add suspense to my stories. Something I often lack because I’m such a nut about being brief. Naturally, the way I think best about suspense is to look at it through the lens Read more…
Blathering
Chase Your Weird
Last night I dreamed I was on a generational star ship modeled after a Russian palace. It was in disrepair, abandoned, and it was snowing in parts of it. I will never write this story. Okay, part of that is Read more…
Announcement
Stepping Out of Stream
In 2007, this article made the rounds: Pearls Before Breakfast. It went viral. It was forwarded to me dozens of times. It was supposed to be inspiring. It pissed me off. There’s a certain privileged tone to it, see. It Read more…
Blathering
Don’t Be a Kiss-Ass
Or, how not to network. Everyone says you have to network. You need to meet people in the field. So… at every writer’s conference I go to, I’m the dork who runs up to the Famous Presenter Person and says… Read more…
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Cross the Street
It started with an observation, as I was driving one day through an inner city neighborhood. A jaywalker casually made his way in front of my car and I said, “Wow. That guy isn’t afraid of anything.” “I think there’s Read more…
Blathering
Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
My office just got a new gender-neutral bathroom. There was a lot of objection from some staff members, mostly women, about having to ‘share with men,’ but ultimately, no amount of objection could erase the simple need: We needed it Read more…
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Take Over the World – Or At Least Cleveland
Okay, so it didn’t win the IF competition, and it didn’t get accepted for publication at the only interactive fiction market I know of, so I am posting my wee text adventure “Take Over the World – Or at Least Read more…