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Mentoring sessions--limited time and quantity offer
February 1, 2026
Hey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I...
It's just grief leaving the body.
January 31, 2026
So, like the rest of America, Scott and I have been watching the cultural phenomenon known as THE PITT. We were late to the party and didn’t start season 1...
Book Chat with the Braille Institute tomorrow.
January 28, 2026
Does what it says on the tin! Sign up here: https://www.brailleinstitute.org/find-services/offerings/book-chat-fresh-reads-and-recommendations/
But I digress... (there's a throughline here, I promise, if you can find it.)
January 7, 2026
I keep thinking of vintage song titles that would be a good title for this essay. “Freeze Tag” or “When the Ice Goes Out.” I guess we’ll see what happens...
Harpy Stories
December 21, 2025
Happy Solstice, wherever you are. I woke up this morning just at sunrise, and stood in the cold light looking out at the construction site across the street...
Obligatory Year-End Awards Post
December 15, 2025
Hey folks, Things have been kind of nuts here between Viable Paradise, holiday travel, a significant re-org and cleaning of the house, home repairs galore,...
"Here Instead of There" is here on the internet at last!
October 10, 2025
Hey folks! I am pleased to announce that my 2023 novelette "Here Instead of There," about ethics, meteorology, the consequences of crony capitalism, some...
Juggling Eggs
September 26, 2025
Writing fiction is like juggling eggs. It’s a game of attention conservation, because there is too much going on simultaneously to be able to follow it all...
Interview, new library rec gig, hanging out with Max Gladstone, hey you probably heard I have some new books available, link salad.
September 19, 2025
Hey folks! Just checking in to let you know that Kat Howard was kind enough to interview me for Subterranean Press’s newsletter. You can read it here, along...
Thursday bookstore appearance at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley MA with Vivian Shaw
September 10, 2025
Does what it says on the tin! Come out and play if you are in the neighborhood! Viv and I will be talking about her new book, Strange New World, and my new...
Networking is just making friends, a how-to guide to conventioning for authors
September 8, 2025
Greetings, fellow kids SFFH writers. If you’re reading this, you are probably wondering “How do I become a part of the larger community of writers and make...
Monday morning you sure look fine.... (and I will be on the radio)
September 5, 2025
Good morning, everybody! This is a very brief reminder that I will speaking with Megan Zinn on the Writer’s Block segment of Talk the Talk on WHMP Radio in...
Angel Maker available NOW
September 2, 2025
Howdy, as Karen would say. It’s the big day, the big dance, the long-awaited debut, and Angel Maker is out in the world to be read by all. Please join Karen...
Handling Wears the Edges Off: How We Turn Great Books Into Parodies Of Themselves in Our Collective Memory
August 29, 2025
So I have been thinking about the experience I had the first time I ever encountered Young Elvis Presley, as it were, in the wild. Now, I am an American of a...
Five ^H^H^H^H Six ^H^H^H SEVEN things make a post!
August 22, 2025
Hello! Happy almost-Autumn! I have… a LOT going on right now. And I am here to share it with you as briefly as possible. Item the First: I am interviewed by...
The Cozy/Grimdark/Heroic Fantasy Sine Wave and a bunch of stuff about villains
August 15, 2025
I woke up this morning thinking about something, and it struck me that it might make a good column/newsletter, so here we are. This is me thinking out loud,...
Angel Maker Pre-Orders Are Live!
August 14, 2025
Does what it says on the tin! You can now pre-order Angel Maker in ebook, audiobook, or paperback wherever you usually get such things, with two caveats: 1)...
Upcoming appearances and a cool thing Scott is doing
August 11, 2025
Hey folks! A brief reminder that I will be at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Seattle from August 13-17. My esteemed spouse, the amazing...
Angel Maker proofs are in the house!
August 7, 2025
It’s starting to look like a real book and I am getting very, very excited. A sapphic adventure with wit, mayhem, and derring-do, this sequel to the gaslamp...
THE FOLDED SKY is on discount in Europe AND is a Dragon Award Nominee!
August 4, 2025
Hello! For UK and European readers, THE FOLDED SKY is currently 99p (or equivalent) in ebook at your favorite ebook source! I do not know how long this...
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