On Writing

Representation Difficulty

I want to show that in my future, there is no longer any culture clash or…
Impostors

I wrote my first story in April or May of 1989. It was about a mutant…
2020!

It’s a new year, as you may have noticed. I have plans. Goals. As one does.…
How I Write Characters

You get bad character writing sometimes. You know, the plot’s chugging along and here comes a…
Lost: 15K Words, Reward Offered

Last month, my five year old laptop bit the dust and I lost 15,000 words. The…
The Sad Tale of the Ininite Monkeys, Who Just Wanted Science Fiction Without Politics

This post is adapted and expanded from a Twitter thread. It may sound familiar to some…
Long Live the (Well Executed) Trope

Sometimes I get to write a sentence – one sentence – that is straight pulp, like…
Voidstrider Update

Writing a Book 3 is hard. And it feels a whole lot harder with everything going on in…
Some Things I’m Reading Lately – 2-5-18

Why the Culture Wins is an intriguing examination of one of my all time favorite series.…