With the popularity of the new print version of First Chosen I got a bunch of questions down at the Escondido Renaissance Faire about being a writer. The two most frequent being variations of: "Why do you write?" and "Where do you get your ideas?" I&…
Oof! Something, something... best-laid plans... something... mice and something or other. I'm in Utah for the Life, the Universe, and Everything Symposium. Getting here was relatively painless. TSA took less than 10 minutes to navigate. I had my row all to myself. I spent most of the flight…
In no particular order, these books or series served as the foundation of my life as a hardcore fanboy. 1 - Tom Sayer & Huckleberry Finn - I lump them together because they were the beginning of a series. (We don't talk about Tom Sawyer Abroad.) 2 -…
It's a chilly Monday morning. Outside, the sky is a bit overcast, but I can see places where the blue and the sunlight are working to burn through. To my right, I've glanced at the collection of journals from across my life. Some of them are…
First off, this year's calendar is live with all my events, classes, performances, and book releases. Check it out, and let me know where and when we're going to hang out. ScheduleWelcome to my schedule page. All times are Pacific Time. For a class-only schedule, go…
Over my life, I've had some pretty awesome interactions with people I've looked up to, or who are pretty famous. A couple of them happened even before I started my own journey into being a minor celebrity. Rather than give these moments any kind of order…
Oof what a year. Lotta highs and some deep, deep lows. I got five books out this year: - Honest Dating App Profiles - Dance Among the Lightning Bolts - The Re-Imagined Princess - Beyond the Burlap - Halloween Jack and the Red Emperors Not as many as I'…
I'm thinking about 2025. It's been a roller coaster of a year for me. I've gone through flurries of productivity peppered with doldrums of stagnation. In other words, life be lifing. Here we are at the other end of the year, and everyone is…
Originally published February 10, 2011. Only edits are minor typos and clarity. At the moment, I am reading SCIENCE FICTION 101 edited by Robert Silverberg. It contains some of the stories that shaped him as a young writer, and he analyzes these works as to why they are not only…
AKA... HAVE TO VS WANT TO Every day, I'll see at least one MEME or post on any of my social media about how terrible writing is. So much of the conversations at conventions and symposiums revolve around the struggles of getting writing done. It's like…
