A few months ago I witnessed something that is an uncommon occurrence in the States. I was waiting in our favorite local Thai restaurant for our take-out order to be […]
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Worldbuilding: The Broad Strokes and the Fine Details
I’ve made little secret of the fact that I’m a worldbuilding completist, though even I have a limit of what “completist”would actually mean. For example, in my Banshee setting, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Knowing When to Deviate from the Outline
So, earlier this week, the long running series How I Met Your Mother had its final episode. And, despite some excellent moments in there, its ending left me cold, and […]
Read moreThat Was 40: A Pretty Good Trip Around the Sun
So, today is my 41st birthday. And in the end, 40 was a pretty good year. A quick recap: “Jump the Black” was published in Rayguns Over Texas. With the […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Integrating the Top Down and the Bottom Up
I’ll fully admit, the worldbuilding work I’ve done for the Banshee space-opera verse has was done in a strange way. Namely, I did a combination of top-down and bottom-up building. […]
Read moreInjuries, Accidents and Healing
As far as injuries a writer can get, several metatarsal microfractures is far from the worst. It’s frustrating, and it’s slowing me down in general, but I can, at least, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Ego in Check
Many years ago, I worked for the English department at the University of Texas at the main office front desk. This meant I also answered the main phone line for […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Music and Popular Culture
There are some fantasy writers– I’m not going to name names and I’m not going to necessarily say, “This is bad” or such– but there are some fantasy writers who […]
Read moreThe Writer’s Brain In Constant Motion
So, right now, I’m putting the “finishing” touches on the manuscript for Thorn of Dentonhill before sending it to my editor. On top of that, I’ve been charging full-throttle into […]
Read moreWhere is the next Star Trek?
Something occurred to me recently: we haven’t had a successful show about humanity’s future in outer space on television since 2005, and that with a very broad definition of “successful”. […]
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