Posts with Writing
And So It Begins
Thursday, March 2, 2023
in which I declare what my next creative project will beread more…
Chronicles of Ytria Preview
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
in which I share the author afterword for my upcoming story collectionread more…
The Laundry List
Saturday, October 9, 2021
in which I spell out my plan for actually doing all of the things I’ve been neglectingread more…
Reductive Thinking
Sunday, July 18, 2021
in which I have some fun generating synopses for my novelsread more…
Nine Years of Writing and Publishing
Friday, July 16, 2021
in which I share what I've learned nearly a decade on from deciding to take writing seriouslyread more…
On the Reading and Critiquing of Books
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
in which I discuss the Virginia Woolf Essay "How Should One Read a Book?"read more…
Seventh Novel Draft Complete
Monday, July 5, 2021
in which I announce that my first draft of When the Gods Wish to Punish is completeread more…
On Consistency and Dedication; Or, the History of Matt Buscemi's Powerlifting
Friday, July 2, 2021
in which I show how powerlifting taught me the importance of consistency and dedicationread more…
It's a Novel!
Saturday, June 26, 2021
in which I announce that When the Gods Wish to Punish has crossed the 40,000 word markread more…
So Many Ideas, A Catalogue
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
in which I list through my current backlog of writing project ideasread more…
Writing the Middle
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
in which I muse on how a writing project evolves over timeread more…
A Bit of Irkshaxva
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
in which I share a tidbit from my newest projectread more…
When the Gods Wish to Inspire
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
in which I describe my progress on my newest novel projectread more…
The Shape of Things to Come
Monday, June 14, 2021
in which I give an update on my literary plansread more…
One More Week
Thursday, June 10, 2021
in which I describe what I've been up to and what's coming nextread more…
Navigation Links & Writing Update
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
in which I share some plans for this site and my writingread more…
Weekly Preview: Feb 1, 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021
in which I provide an update on The Ghost King and how my publishing plans are shaping upread more…
Any Sufficiently Advanced Anything
Saturday, January 30, 2021
in which I turn an Arthur C. Clarke postulate on its head and maybe notice something interesting about the fantastic genresread more…
About the Fantastic
Friday, January 29, 2021
in which I share my thoughts on the fantastic genres and some details about my novel project The Ghost Kingread more…
Chronicles of Ytria Update
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
in which I share some updates on my upcoming story collection Chronicles of Ytriaread more…
Weekly Preview: Jan 25, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021
in which I describe how my new novel The Ghost King has come to dominate my creative liferead more…
Weekly Preview: Jan 18, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
in which I share my plans to work on my fiction this week instead of bloggingread more…
Weekly Preview: Jan 11, 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021
in which I share my plans to blog about liberalism, a Le Guin novel I liked, and a Miéville novella I didn’tread more…
Weekly Preview: Jan 4, 2021
Monday, January 4, 2021
in which I share my plans not to blog this weekread more…
Like Button
Friday, January 1, 2021
in which I warn writers against worrying too much about readers who don’t “like” thingsread more…
2021 Planning
Thursday, December 31, 2020
in which I make a writing, publishing, and reading plan for the coming year which I hope I'm mostly able to keep to this timeread more…
2020 Retrospective
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
in which I look back at what I accomplished and how I did itread more…
Weekly Preview: Dec 28, 2020
Monday, December 28, 2020
in which I share my plans to blog about libertarianism, liking things, how 2020 went, and what I might just accomplish in 2021read more…
The Typography of Voyage Embarkation
Thursday, December 24, 2020
in which I discuss the new print layout and design for Voyage Embarkationread more…
Nurture Your Darlings
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
in which I give alternate advice to the old “kill your darlings” sawread more…
Cover Reveal for Intersection Thirteen
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
in which I reveal the cover for my sixth novel, Intersection Thirteenread more…
Weekly Preview: Dec 21, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
in which I share my plans to blog about a preposterously libertarian book, Voyage Embarkation's typography, and Christmasread more…
The Typography of Insomnium
Thursday, December 17, 2020
in which I discuss the new print layout and design for Insomniumread more…
Free For All
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
in which I discuss the publishing industry and copyrightread more…
Weekly Preview: Dec 14, 2020
Monday, December 14, 2020
in which I share my plans to blog about copyright, my favorite Jaron Lanier essay, and Voyage Embarkation's releaseread more…
The Typography of Our Algorithm Who Art Perfection
Friday, December 11, 2020
in which I discuss the new print layout and design for Our Algorithm Who Art Perfectionread more…
The Voyage Continues
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
in which I describe the development of the new edition of Voyage Embarkation and my plans for the Voyage series going forwardread more…
Weekly Preview: Dec 7, 2020
Monday, December 7, 2020
in which I share my plans to blog about a Le Guin novel, a Netflix series, and my Voyage seriesread more…
The Typography of Transmutations
Thursday, December 3, 2020
in which I discuss the new print layout and design for Transmutationsread more…
The Creation Cycle
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
in which I discuss a common writerly hang up and how to address itread more…
A Carnival of Ideas
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
in which I discuss my reaction to Star Trek: Discovery Season Oneread more…
Giving Thanks
Monday, November 30, 2020
in which I change my plans and write about something entirely differentread more…
The Typography of Alterra
Friday, November 13, 2020
in which I discuss the new print layout and design for Alterraread more…
Monks and Code and Cats
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
in which I explore why I keep writing about monksread more…
Open Windows
Saturday, September 26, 2020
in which I explain my September blogging hiatusread more…
Cover Reveal: Voyage Embarkation
Sunday, September 6, 2020
in which I reveal the new cover for my novel Voyage Embarkationread more…
A Surprise Saturday Short
Saturday, September 5, 2020
in which I discuss a new Chronicles of Ytria story that came at me out of the blueread more…
Cover Reveal: Insomnium
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
in which I reveal the new cover for my novel Insomniumread more…
Cover Reveal: Our Algorithm Who Art Perfection
Friday, August 28, 2020
in which I reveal the new cover for my novella Our Algorithm Who Art Perfectionread more…
Cover Reveal: Beati Qui Inveniunt Feles
Monday, August 24, 2020
in which I reveal the cover for my new novella Beati Qui Inveniunt Felesread more…
An Archipelago of My Own
Sunday, August 23, 2020
in which I announce the upcoming new edition of The Shipwright and Other Storiesread more…
Saturday Short: Blind Lead
Saturday, August 22, 2020
in which I discuss my new Voyage Redux story and share some details about the original Voyage seriesread more…
Structural Prefabulation
Friday, August 21, 2020
in which I muse on narrative structure in the context of nineties television SFread more…
Ebb and Flow
Saturday, August 8, 2020
in which I analyze my oscillations in writing outputread more…
Setting Expectations
Friday, August 7, 2020
in which I discuss my reactions to revisiting the film Adaptationread more…
A Writerly Retrospective
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
in which I share the new afterword for the fifth anniversary edition of Schrödinger’s Cityread more…
The Slow Resumption of the New Normal
Sunday, July 26, 2020
in which I announce the imminent release of an old favoriteread more…
Saturday Short: The Small Things
Saturday, July 18, 2020
in which I discuss more my personal policies around my writing than my newest Ytria storyread more…
Saturday Short: The Roots and the Spiderweb
Saturday, July 11, 2020
in which I describe my newest bizarre connection of ideas manifested as storyread more…
Saturday Short: A Just War
Saturday, July 4, 2020
in which I describe not one but two new Ytria storiesread more…
Saturday Short: Ergo Sum
Saturday, June 27, 2020
in which I describe my expanding science fictional world of Ytriaread more…
Saturday Short: The Demented
Saturday, June 20, 2020
in which I explain how Voyage Embarkation's Kal, rare book collection, and botulism are relatedread more…
The Stories We Tell
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
in which I discuss an interesting and oft unremarked quality of storiesread more…
Saturday Short: Shiny
Saturday, June 13, 2020
in which I describe how I almost didn’t write a short story today but then successfully didread more…
I Am My Manuscripts
Friday, June 12, 2020
in which I discuss writing advice not “being” one’s writingread more…
The Case for Self-Publishing
Monday, June 8, 2020
in which I make the claim that self-publishing, rather than traditional publishing, is the best path for a writerread more…
Saturday Short: One's Own Medicine
Saturday, June 6, 2020
in which I describe my newest short storyread more…
Writing Update
Monday, June 1, 2020
in which I report on yet another pandemic-induced weekend of writing productivityread more…
Saturday Short: The Five Kingdoms of Daniel Worthy
Sunday, May 31, 2020
in which I describe how my newest short story is quickly becoming a novellaread more…
The Cool Idea
Saturday, May 30, 2020
in which I describe a recent idea I had, and how I want to proceed with itread more…
The Evolution of a Universe
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
in which I describe the changes I made to my future Earth timeline for Intersection Thirteenread more…
Writing Milestone
Monday, May 25, 2020
in which I announce the completion of the first draft of Intersection Thirteenread more…
On the Craft of Writing
Monday, May 25, 2020
in which I discuss my thoughts on Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guinread more…
Saturday Short: Untitled
Saturday, May 23, 2020
in which I describe a new short story I wrote, and also the punishment for my hubrisread more…
All Kindle eBooks Free
Friday, May 22, 2020
in which I announce a big Kindle eBook giveawayread more…
Writing Update: The Characters of Intersection Thirteen
Monday, May 18, 2020
in which I share some details about the characters in my newest novelread more…
New Cover
Sunday, May 17, 2020
in which the 2020 Zhivko Zhelev cover series continues with Transmutationsread more…
Saturday Short: Feles Daemonica II
Saturday, May 16, 2020
in which I describe the newest short story in my demon kitten seriesread more…
Word Counts
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
in which I relate a surprising discoveryread more…
Writing Update
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
in which I describe the status of my various writing projectsread more…
New Book Hubs
Monday, May 11, 2020
in which I announce some additions to this websiteread more…
Writing Goals
Sunday, May 10, 2020
in which I describe my short, medium, and long term writing goalsread more…
Saturday Short: Feles Daemonica
Saturday, May 9, 2020
in which I describe my short story about a demon-infested kitten and its unwitting ownerread more…
Saturday Short: Monks and Cats
Saturday, May 2, 2020
in which I describe my short story about an abbey protected by cyborg catsread more…
Thoughts on Short Story Production
Friday, May 1, 2020
in which I reinstate my habit of writing a short story every weekread more…
Project Update
Thursday, April 30, 2020
in which I discuss my new project Intersection Thirteen, its genesis, and its relationship to my prior novelread more…
The Best Feedback
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
in which I explain my position against narrative “hooks”read more…
The New Covers Continue
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
in which I reveal the cover of the upcoming new edition of Alterraread more…
Another New Cover
Friday, April 17, 2020
in which I reveal the cover of the upcoming new edition of The Shipwright and Other Storiesread more…
A New Look for a Five-Year-Old Book
Sunday, March 15, 2020
in which I reveal the cover of the upcoming new edition of Schrödinger's Cityread more…
My Next Project
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
in which I relate a bit about my next novel, Land of the Freeread more…
The Other Release Date & Cover Reveal
Monday, February 10, 2020
in which I reveal the cover and release date for The Otherread more…
Whatever, Whatever, I Do What I Want
Sunday, September 8, 2019
in which I explore the supposed wisdom in giving up and not caring about what others might thinkread more…
And Now for Some Reading Goals
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
in which I announce the completion of the first draft of The Other and my reading plans through the end of the yearread more…
The Other: Home Stretch
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
in which I describe the encroaching end of my first draft of The Otherread more…
The Evolution of My Planning Process
Saturday, August 24, 2019
in which I discuss how my planning process has changed through my various novelsread more…
Writing Update on The Other
Friday, August 23, 2019
in which I announce my progress on my new novel The Otherread more…
Ursula K. Le Guin Biography and More
Saturday, August 17, 2019
in which I describe the Ursula K. Le Guin biography currently available on PBSread more…
The Shipwright and Other Stories Now Available
Thursday, August 15, 2019
in which I announce the release of The Shipwright and Other Storiesread more…
Free Ebooks
Friday, August 9, 2019
in which I announce the Kindle deal on my ebooks this weekendread more…
Weekend of Writing
Sunday, August 4, 2019
in which I discuss my progress on The Other this weekendread more…
Schrödinger's City Illustrations Revisited
Saturday, August 3, 2019
in which I re-post the illustrations for Schrödinger's City by Zhivko Zhelevread more…
Release Update for The Shipwright
Friday, August 2, 2019
in which I announce a release date change for The Shipwright and Other Storiesread more…
On Writing The Shipwright
Friday, August 2, 2019
in which I describe the events that led to the creation of The Shipwright and Other Storiesread more…
Creative Limitations
Monday, July 8, 2019
in which I describe my progress on The Otherread more…
Writing Update
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
in which I reveal that I'm working on a new novelread more…
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