Big news!
I just launched a Patreon!
Here’s a sample of what you can find over there. Content will be pretty much steady at least five days a week, with me talking about everything from game development to Sasquatches to writing to, well, pretty much anything.
Looking forward to seeing you over there!
Last year was a little bit of a lull for me, writing-wise, as I concentrated on laying the groundwork for new projects and personal matters. But, I vowed to hit the ground running in 2025, and I like to think I have done that.
So far, I have done the following:
I’m now gearing up for starting another novel, and I have a few more stories in progress I need to complete. And there will be at least two big announcements coming up before the end of the year.
No rest for the wicked, or their typing fingers.
Earlier this year, I donated an item to a charity auction for the fine organization Nuci’s Space that combined a signed copy of Firefly Rain with the chance to get brutally slain in an upcoming writing project. As I’m about to start writing the new book, I revisited the topic today to try to get a sense of how exactly the lucky winner wanted to get offed. This then led to a wider discussion of making a charity donation in exchange for being brutally murdered, and with that in mind, I thought I might lay out some of the options for folks.
In the past, I have committed on paper the following crimes:
I’m probably missing a few, but it’s a start….
I just got back from an utterly fantastic time at Necon, held this year in Goffstown, NH. I saw old friends and made new ones, did a panel with luminaries like S.A. Cosby and Clay McLeod Chapman, hung out with the remarkable Gabino Iglesias, ran the improvisational writing game show Write Club to thunderous approval, shared good scotch with good folks, sold a bunch of books and bought a few as well, got some fabulous advice on my writing, and generally had a wonderful time.
Also, I got named Toastmaster for Necon 43 next year!
See you there!
The book’s not due out until February, but guess what showed up on my doorstep the other day? That’s right, it’s Ghost of a Marriage. I am thrilled to death, and very much appreciate the kind folks at Crossroad Press who made this happen.
If you want to get your hands on it, too, you can pre-order it here.
Yom Kippur is a day of reflection. You’re supposed to spend the day thinking about the wrongs you’ve done over the past year, and trying to find ways to be better.
This year, I didn’t go to synagogue, for reasons that are long and boring and ultimately unimportant. As my niece Paige puts it, you can talk to God as easily in a forest as in a synagogue. Well, maybe she doesn’t put it quite that way, but the sentiment was there.
Instead, I spent the day at home in contemplation. There was a lot to consider – moments when I was less than kind, when I was jealous of friends’ success, when I didn’t reach out to help when I could have. Hopefully I will do better in the coming year.
And one of the things I vowed to do was be a better writer. Whatever you think of my writing, I like to feel I have been given a gift, and I have spent too much time squandering it. This year, I hope to truly earn the title “writer”. I’ve already cranked out one story, but that’s just a start. Here’s to a year of better writing, and of being a better person for it.