April 2026 Update Just a few quick notes with me and my publishing career (or lack thereof). Let’s Be Alone Together. My novel is still on submission. About 35 queries so far have been sent since January 2026.…

Here's how my writing career is going. I'm currently in the brutal query trenches, but making it through!

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Fuck Off, 2025! / 2026, Look Out! Photo by Leon Contreras on Unsplash Whenever I make New Year’s Resolutions, they’re often the tepid sort, silly things that I’m going to do anyway, the equivalent of writing &#822…

New Blog Post for the New Year!

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What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology Get it now:

Hey everyone! My horror short story "Separations" was recently reprinted in Graveside Press's newest book What Lurks: A Cryptic Anthology.

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Summer 2025 Update! Photo by Mateo Giraud on Unsplash How’s everyone doing this summer? I have so much to update you on regarding life and my current works in progress. I’ll be hard at work relaxing and te…

New blog post re: My Writing Projects.

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Yeeehah!

April 2025 Update Photo by Van Mendoza on Unsplash The first quarter of the year is over! Here I am with a few updates on my writing journey. Odyssey Writers’ Workshop course Bodies and Heartbeats: Crafting Ch…

New post on my blog. The writing goes....okay.
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Books! Books! So many books!

Support independent publishers, avoid Amaz*n, support @locusmag.bsky.social and get a bundleload of international fiction with the 2025 World SF Storybundle!

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Re-posts much appreciated!

A graphic showing quotes in a list on the left hand side, that reads: "Immensely satisfying" - Washington Post "Ingeniously melds genres" - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Full of twists and turns, with broad appeal" - Library Journal "A delightful, disturbing gift" - Annalee Newitz, Lambda Award-winning author of Autonomous Below, in bold text, “Out now in paperback” On the right hand side, the cover of ESCAPE VELOCITY by Victor Manibo, featuring an astronaut holding a serving tray atop which are casino chips and a martini glass and a smoldering cocktail On the lower right hand corner, a small logo of Erewhon Books

Paperback day! If you dig White Lotus and hate billionaires, go pick up this bad boy

The One Tool Every Dictator Uses YouTube video by Robert Reich

Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. That’s what’s really driving Trump’s attack on education and public knowledge.

Tim Walz EXPOSES Gavin Newsom Without Even Trying | The Kyle Kulinski Show YouTube video by Secular Talk

Tim Walz is Based
#KyleKulinski #TimWalz #GavinNewsom #SteveBannon #CharlieKirk

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Why Democrats Are Failing Us YouTube video by Bean Thinking

Boosting this one.

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I felt seen by that show. But....what's that say about me?

It's International Women's Day, so I'm recommending you follow *and* read these fabulous authors:
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I adore their work. You will, too.

10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days - Uncanny Magazine 1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are fo...

A story for those who have at least one teammate in these hard times, and maybe a story for those still finding theirs, from @samtasticbooks.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-v...

Scene for Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan, with a Canadian flag of his head, on top of a hill, yelling "You were like a brother to me, I loved you!" Anakin, with a U.S. flag on his head, yelling back in Russian text.

Stumbled across this meme this morning.

Screenshot from the HBO show The Last of Us. Bill and Frank argue with the following exchange: The government are all Nazis! Well, yeah, now! But not then!

Stumbled on this while rewatching HBO's The Last of Us.

Canopy in Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park, SF

This morning, I spent three hours in a Zoom call with my critique buddies and, damn, they reminded me of the importance of our stories, our art.

Remember to recharge.

To steal from a much better writer than me:

What do you do when a fascist regime is trying to do all the things?

You survive.

January 2025 Update Photo by Joanne Francis on Unsplash Happy New Year, Everyone! Pretend I’m throwing and catching and throwing a hundred different items in the air. You can call it juggling poorly, if you like…

If you want to know what I'm up to this year . . .

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We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - Fantasy Magazine Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhaps he’s f...

Good article on the "Inactive" Protagonist.
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a picture of a robot with the words " you are a bold one " Alt: a picture of a General Grievous with the words " you are a bold one "

This is the year I publish more than 3 short stories.

His other book Upgrade was much better and (imho) he pulled off that ending.

It just means the muse and you are getting along.

Correction: I read through Blake Crouch book 2 years ago, but remember it well. Or it could have been Aldrian 2 that reason it....who knows. Lol

Only Saves The Cat. I've been reading mostly sci fi/fantasy/ horror short stories 2024 (over 60!).

Happy reading next year. And happy writing to you!

I slid into 2025 drunk. But I can have a dry January 2nd til February. Yes!

Ray Bradbury Advice for Writers: Read a short story, a poem, and an essay everyday.

#writing #scifi

Successes of 2024
1. The scifi WIP "Let's Be Alone Together" is now 90k.
2. My scifi short story "Merrily, Merrily, Merrily" reprint.
3. My horror short story "Separations" published.
4. My scifi flash "Listen" published.
5. I survived.

Me, months ago: how am I going to end the novel? Eh. I've only got 28k words done. You'll think of the perfect ending.

Me, now: almost 95k....oh god.