Friday Chatter: New Faves
What are some of your favorite new things (short stories, poems, or any other creative medium) from the first month of 2023?
Cool Story, Bro: My Favorite Short Stories of 2022
It's been a while! I wanted to do this in late December / early January but things kind of got away from me with the Advent calendar and book promo. So,...
Friday Chatter: On To New Things!
Now that launch week and the final bonus story are over, we’re going to return to our regularly scheduled programming here at Everything Is True. But one...
Morsels
As promised, here is a second piece of autofanfiction as a thank-you to my readers! This story may or may not be canon, but either way, it has a...
Friday Chatter: Value
If you are a writer (of any kind), what is it that you love most about writing? If you are not a writer (or even if you are, and want to answer this part...
Practicing Gratitude and Admitting Insecurity
It's really hard to explain the emotions that an author has around a book launch. On the one hand there is genuine pride at what I've made and genuine...
Practicing Gratitude and Admitting Insecurity
It's really hard to explain the emotions that an author has around a book launch. On the one hand there is genuine pride at what I've made and genuine...
THE INFINITE is out today!!!
Time is running out for the planet Jai. The artificially intelligent Gods who rule the galaxy have withdrawn their protection from the chaos-ravaged world,...
THE INFINITE is out today!!!
Time is running out for the planet Jai. The artificially intelligent Gods who rule the galaxy have withdrawn their protection from the chaos-ravaged world,...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 7: Playlist
I love making playlists and I make a point of creating one for every book I write. My book playlists aren't music I listen to while actually writing - I...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 7: Playlist
I love making playlists and I make a point of creating one for every book I write. My book playlists aren't music I listen to while actually writing - I...
Friday chatter: #aesthetic
What’s your favorite part of the Outside series that you’d like to see in visual art, or some other visual medium? Or, if you haven’t read the books yet -...
Friday chatter: #aesthetic
What’s your favorite part of the Outside series that you’d like to see in visual art, or some other visual medium? Or, if you haven’t read the books yet -...
Tickboxes
Every once in a while I see someone complaining that the representation in a certain book, or a certain film or other media, feels shallow and cynical - that...
Tickboxes
Every once in a while I see someone complaining that the representation in a certain book, or a certain film or other media, feels shallow and cynical - that...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 6: Pinterest
Only two more weeks until THE INFINITE drops into bookstores! Today’s Advent Calendar goodie is a Pinterest board - or really, it’s that I updated the...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 6: Pinterest
Only two more weeks until THE INFINITE drops into bookstores! Today’s Advent Calendar goodie is a Pinterest board - or really, it’s that I updated the...
Friday Chatter: Best of the Other Blogs, Too
2022 saw a big migration of many authors off Twitter, and either to other forms of fast-moving social media or to the blog-and-newsletter world exclusively....
Friday Chatter: Best of the Other Blogs, Too
2022 saw a big migration of many authors off Twitter, and either to other forms of fast-moving social media or to the blog-and-newsletter world exclusively....
ICYMI: The Best of Everything Is True
I love to do yearly retrospectives / top 10s and this year I’ve done one using my own proprietary formula! (Not all that proprietary, really. Substack has...
ICYMI: The Best of Everything Is True
I love to do yearly retrospectives / top 10s and this year I’ve done one using my own proprietary formula! (Not all that proprietary, really. Substack has...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, week 5: Villains Quiz
I showed you the heroes quiz already (if you missed it, it’s here: https://uquiz.com/pfir1B ) But I, for one, am also a fan of the villains! So if you want...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, week 5: Villains Quiz
I showed you the heroes quiz already (if you missed it, it’s here: https://uquiz.com/pfir1B ) But I, for one, am also a fan of the villains! So if you want...
Friday Chatter: Good AI
I’ve been a bit of a debbie downer about AI lately (not surprising since I am also promoting a trilogy where AI Gods are the villains). Maybe we can improve...
Friday Chatter: Good AI
I’ve been a bit of a debbie downer about AI lately (not surprising since I am also promoting a trilogy where AI Gods are the villains). Maybe we can improve...
The Midjourney Mess, part 2: Turing problems
(This post was originally for subscribers only; I’ve chosen to release it, along with part one, for free as a part of the SFWA roundup of posts on AI and the...
The Midjourney Mess, part 2: Turing problems
(This post was originally for subscribers only; I’ve chosen to release it, along with part one, for free as a part of the SFWA roundup of posts on AI and the...
Ascent Day: A short story from the world of THE OUTSIDE
Merry Christmas, all, and happy Week 4 of our THE INFINITE Advent calendar! I’m delighted to share a cute little, maybe-canon-and-maybe-not story with you...
Ascent Day: A short story from the world of THE OUTSIDE
Merry Christmas, all, and happy Week 4 of our THE INFINITE Advent calendar! I’m delighted to share a cute little, maybe-canon-and-maybe-not story with you...
Friday Chatter: Favorite Books
Yesterday I shared a list of my favorite books I read this year. Now it’s your turn - what are some of your favorites from this year? (If you already have a...
Friday Chatter: Favorite Books
Yesterday I shared a list of my favorite books I read this year. Now it’s your turn - what are some of your favorites from this year? (If you already have a...
Cool Story, Bro: My Favorite Books I Read This Year
I'm not going to do an award eligibility post this year, because the only new thing I published in 2022 was the poem "Google Glasses." (A LOT of big things...
Cool Story, Bro: My Favorite Books I Read This Year
I'm not going to do an award eligibility post this year, because the only new thing I published in 2022 was the poem "Google Glasses." (A LOT of big things...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 3: Content Warnings
This week is maybe a little less light-hearted than other weeks, but I know it’s something some readers really need! I’ve finished a list of content warnings...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, Week 3: Content Warnings
This week is maybe a little less light-hearted than other weeks, but I know it’s something some readers really need! I’ve finished a list of content warnings...
Friday Chatter: AI
There’s been quite a lot of talk recently about AI-generated images and text, and for good reasons. What scares you most about these recent developments? And...
Friday Chatter: AI
There’s been quite a lot of talk recently about AI-generated images and text, and for good reasons. What scares you most about these recent developments? And...
The Midjourney Mess
(This post was originally for subscribers only; I’ve chosen to release it, and its sequel post, for free as a part of the SFWA roundup of posts on AI and the...
The Midjourney Mess
(This post was originally for subscribers only; I’ve chosen to release it, and its sequel post, for free as a part of the SFWA roundup of posts on AI and the...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, week 2: Heroes Quiz
I love these silly little quizzes, so I’ve made one to help us count down to THE INFINITE! Find out which hero from the Outside series you are, here:...
THE INFINITE Advent Calendar, week 2: Heroes Quiz
I love these silly little quizzes, so I’ve made one to help us count down to THE INFINITE! Find out which hero from the Outside series you are, here:...
Friday Chatter: Characters
Do you have a favorite character from the Outside series? Who are you looking forward to seeing again the most?
Friday Chatter: Characters
Do you have a favorite character from the Outside series? Who are you looking forward to seeing again the most?
THE INFINITE Advent calendar, week 1: Meet the Characters
[Note: This post contains MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS for THE OUTSIDE and THE FALLEN! It will also hint at things that happen in THE INFINITE; any suggestions of...
THE INFINITE Advent calendar, week 1: Meet the Characters
[Note: This post contains MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS for THE OUTSIDE and THE FALLEN! It will also hint at things that happen in THE INFINITE; any suggestions of...
Friday Chatter: Advent
Are you excited for THE INFINITE coming out? Is there anything you’d especially like to see in the days up until then - especially anything I didn’t already...
Friday Chatter: Advent
Are you excited for THE INFINITE coming out? Is there anything you’d especially like to see in the days up until then - especially anything I didn’t already...
ANNOUNCING: THE INFINITE Advent calendar!
Two months to go until THE INFINITE's launch, and I'm so excited to share the conclusion of this trilogy with all of you! And since the book comes out in...
ANNOUNCING: THE INFINITE Advent calendar!
Two months to go until THE INFINITE's launch, and I'm so excited to share the conclusion of this trilogy with all of you! And since the book comes out in...
Friday Chatter: Empathy
Tell me about a time when a book - or some other work of fiction in some other medium - helped increase your empathy or understanding of other people. Do you...