The year’s winding down and my calendar’s packed since I returned from Viable Paradise and visiting family. I’m still working my way through the dried jujubes, lychee and longan my mother gave me. Do you have traditional remedies?

I was tech support for the SFWA Quasar weekend, all virtual. On a panel about Centering the Creator’s Wellness, Scott Edelman said that writing justified his existence and wow, I feel that. Why am I here, if not to tell you a story?

Latest free to read story: The Purpose of a Pyromaniac Descendent

Paying Markets Opening in December:

Adventitious: Dec 1-5

Baffling Magazine: Dec 1-15

Plott Hound Magazine: Dec 1-15

What I’m Reading: A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

What I’m Listening to: Maintenance Phase podcast, “Raw Milk” episode. I recommend all of Michael Hobbes’ podcasts.