Twitch Interview on Saturday at 10 am EDT!
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None dare call it fuckery.
In which America once again gaslights itself.
Discord reminder
Just a reminder that the discord server is live, and if you’re a subscriber you can access it here: https://discord.gg/mZM5c3FM (Please don’t forward this...
Grit appropriation
There’s an old song that goes, “I’m tired and I wanna go home. I’m tired and a I wanna go home.” Good gravy, I’m tired. I’m tired of the world, I’m tired of...
Don't need a book club to know which way the wind blows
Hey folks, What have you been reading in April? As for me, well, I read Homo Deus: A History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, which has probably irritated...
It's me on a podcast, having too much fun!
Hey, please come join me with the great crew over at SOMEBODY WRITE THIS, where we will build a ghost story from a kit... with procedurally generated plot...
PTSD and a hairy dog belly.
Hey everybody, What with the twitter nonsense, and the way that algorithms bury everything I want to see (and make it nearly impossible for me to keep folks...
So I fell off a horse. Again. :D
We’re all fine, we’ve just been having many adventures in Horseland the past week or so. Trail riding season is upon us, and my piriformis isn’t used to this...
Discounted pre-orders on everything you want to read this year!
Hey, folks! From now until April 22nd EVERY TITLE available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble is 25% off, including THE ORIGIN OF STORMS! Remember that pre-...
Adventures in everything
Hey, folks, Things have been a little hectic around here for the past week or so, but in a good way mostly. Spring has finally sprung, and it's cool and...
Why are cats?
We have a little mudroom/storage shed on the back of our house that I use (among other things) to store bird seed. Our downstairs guest bedroom (currently...
$2.99 THE STONE IN THE SKULL ebook!
Does what it says on the box!
First they came for the book clubs.
Hey folks, It seems to be time to tell you what I managed to get read in March, which is currently acting more like February here in the glorious...
Meanwhile, over at the Discord, a book club for writers...
Hey, folks, As some (most?) of you probably know, one of the benefits for paid subscribers of this newsletter is access it a private Discord server, which is...
Horse stories make a triumphant return!
Hey, folks, Well, I'm riding again on a regular basis, much to everyone's relief, and so I've got horse-related things to tell you. Ormr is doing great, and...
The trick is not to keep moving the extra credit goalpost, I think you'll find.
I am coming around to the feeling that one of the worst things we do to ourselves is quantifying everything, and training ourselves to judge everything by...
Ego defense and American authoritarians
Hey, folks, I've been thinking a lot about American authoritarianism as we watch the situation unfold in Ukraine, breath held and fingers crossed for those...
Cancer stuff update
No real news, but boy between the tamoxifen and the post-radiation sequelae, I am learning a lot of stuff about thermal dysregulation. I feel like a have a...
Origin of Storms excerpt! And... good news, bad news.
The good news is the excerpt, obviously. :D Which you can read here. The other good news is that amazing cover art. The bad news is that due to S*pply Ch*in...
Nobody needs more punditry on Ukraine right now and I am not an expert anyway
I will say one thing, though, that DOES speak to my area of expertise: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is really, really, really good at narrative. I can see why he was...