From the Eye of the Storm #58: The Hacker's Key
Hello all. Winter is still being coy here in the greater DC area, but I went on a short trip to Columbus, Ohio to visit family and got to experience a proper...
From the Eye of the Storm #57: Starred Reviews
Hello all. DC seems to be leaning into spring already, but I’m not buying it. Experience has taught me that we’ll have one more big freeze before winter...
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My humble apologies for not including this in yesterday's newsletter. I'm afraid I'm still not as good with the promotional stuff as I should be... Anyway, I...
From the Eye of the Storm #56: Music, 2019
Another holiday season has passed and if you’re reading this, that means you survived. So well done. Those of you not interested in music (surely there must...
From the Eye of the Storm #55: From Poland with Love
Well, hello. I hope all my fellow Americans had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, and the rest of you weren’t too inconvenienced by our absence. The boys were with...
From the Eye of the Storm #54: The Ranger of Marzanna
At long last, I finally have news I can share. The newsletters had tapered off for a while because most of the things I wanted to talk about were related to...
From the Eye of the Storm #53: Pitching for Authors
In a previous newsletter, while talking about waiting patiently for a bunch of work to come in, I wrote the following: ”And so I wait, poised to spring into...
The Eye of the Storm #52: Seeing, Clearly
Ah, DC’s summer has descended in its sluggish, swampy way to squat over us until late September. It has taken more than a decade, but I believe I’ve...
From the Eye of the Storm #51: Idle
I’m trying to stay on a regular monthly schedule with this newsletter, so I’m writing this a few days before I actually send it because any minute (or day)...
From the Eye of the Storm #50:
Well hello there. It’s been a while. I hope you’re well. I haven’t sent the newsletter in a while because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, and I...
The Eye of the Storm #47: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone, Take This!
Now and then, I’d like to share some of my thoughts on how stories are told in various mediums, and how it might or might not translate to a prose book form....
From the Eye of the Storm #46: My Children Will Not Starve!
Believe it or not, I have some actual news for the newsletter! Er…sort of. I can tell you that my publisher and I have agreed upon my next project, the...
[From the Eye of the Storm] #45: The Full Nerd
Some of you know this, but some of you may not: I am a huge nerd. I tend to be somewhat reserved about my nerdier inclinations (gaming, anime, etc) and until...
[Eye of the Storm] #44: Remember Me???
Yes, well, it's been a while since I've sent out a newsletter, primarily because I didn’t have any news to share. And I still don’t, actually. There are lots...
[Eye of the Storm] #43 Speed and Efficiency
Speed and Efficiency I’ve been thinking about the pace of writing lately. Not the pacing within a story, but how quickly I actually compose the words. When I...
[From the Eye of the Storm] #42: Life, The Universe, and Everything
Life, the Universe, and Everything Just kidding. This issue of the newsletter is not about life, the universe, and everything. But as any Douglas Adams fan...
[Eye of the Storm] #41: The Bulging Disk!
So, remember how I screwed up my back? Turns out, it was more serious than I’d thought. A CAT scan revealed that I have a bulging disk, and so began my first...
[From the Eye of the Storm #40] The Endless Pain Edition
We’re finally getting some proper crisp fall weather here in the greater DC area. I remember autumn being satisfyingly long in other places I’ve lived, like...
[From the Eye of the Storm #39] Yay School!
From the Eye of the Storm #39 When I was a kid, the end of summer meant the end of freedom. As a parent who works from home, it means quite the opposite. The...
[From the Eye of the Storm #38] Assassins and Jazz
From the Eye of the Storm #38 Hello from America's political capital (and these days, drama capital as well). I haven't sent out a newsletter in a while....