Cheap books!
Hey folks! ANCESTRAL NIGHT is an April Kindle Deal in the US, and the US ebook edition is available from fine retailers for $1.99 UK ebook edition still 99p...
March Book Club Post
I’m getting an inordinate amount of joy this week from watching it snow on a volcano in Iceland. You can see tiny people sometimes, and a number of...
A post office box in Schenectady.
As some of you know, paying subscribers get the privilege of asking me questions. Recently, I got one that was not the dreaded, “Where do you get your...
On the kerfuffles of capitalism
So, a bunch of my colleagues are pondering whether to remain on Substack, given the fact that they have started paying what amount to advances against...
On Copyrights
So there’s a been a lot of bad hot takes lately about copyright and the public domain, and in the spirit of education and fun, I wanted to share this Planet...
Bread
so muchdependsupon a red standmixerdusted with breadflourbeside a stove with onedead burner (This pandemic is just a forest of dead major appliances for...
The beginning of the end.
CW: pandemic stuff So the Biden administration thinks they can vaccinate everybody who wants one by the end of May, and Christopher Wray is being allowed to...
Institutionalized?
So I got my first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Friday, through CVS, which has a much more manageable website than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I became...
February book club post
So, do you pronounce the R in February? (I do.) It’s snowing again in southern New England, and I am trying to catch up on my reading after a slow couple of...
I finished the book.
You might have seen on twitter or instagram, but here’s the news: the very overdue THE ORIGIN OF STORMS is finished and sent to my editor. Now I get a couple...
So, Texas, huh?
I can’t offer a hot take on this mess. The scale of the devastation is too enormous, from human lives to permaculture plantations to (I can only hope) Ted...
Movie rights deal for "Dolly"
I guess I’m allowed to talk about this now. :D If you want to read the original short story, it's reprinted here. It's also available in the January 2011...
How Twitter is like wolf research, and other stories.
An author who has been a casual friend for years DMed me the other day because their first book is coming out soon, and they wanted to know how to deal with...
Self-care and stuff
Desire to yoga: so low. Desire to experience the effects of yoga: High. Sigh, here we go… I mentioned this briefly on twitter, but avoidance is my new...
January Book Club!
What is reading anyway? Since last we spoke, I feel like I’ve only finished like, two books. Actually, looking at Goodreads, I see that it’s more than that....
PTSD and current events.
Hey, folks, Well, I dunno about you, but at least for me everything going on in Our Nation’s Capitol (or Their Nation’s Capitol, if you happen to be from...
Answering your Writing Questions!
Hey, folks— Thanks again for another year of your support (or the first year of your support, as the case may be.) A monthly income means a lot to a writer...
Obligatory awards post
Hey, folks, Hope this finds you surviving the holiday season and the COVID-19 wave as well as can be expected. Stay safe and warm and socially distanced out...
December Book club!
Hey, friends. I was musing on twitter the other day that I kept feeling like I needed to interject more interpersonal drama into the buildup to the climax of...
It's snowing and Google is down!
Good morning, internets. I hope you’re not locked into (or out of) your house, that your lights are working, and that your school district hasn’t just...