• 2019

    I’m not as angry as I was last year as I wrote my post welcoming 2018. It’s not that there is less to be angry about, if anything, there is more. It’s sheer exhaustion. If 2017 exhausted my supply of spoons, then 2018 exhausted my supply of knives. Which is not to say I’m not…

  • On Chuck Wendig and Marvel

    On Chuck Wendig and Marvel

    So, in case you haven’t heard, Chuck Wendig was fired from Marvel. Because, apparently, he wasn’t civil. Did Marvel fail to read his blog or twitter feed before hiring him? That his voice is sarcastic and profane couldn’t be a surprise to anyone. It always has been. Therefore, the problem must, in fact, be that…

  • Mid-Year Updateyness

    I’m writing again. I had a bit of an epiphany on where I wanted to go with theย Breathing Whisky universe and am roughly 15k words into the new novel. It’s going fairly well, with some hiccups, and friends are cheering me along. It’s hard, I’m coming out of one of the worst writing droughts of…

  • Book Review: Dread Nation

    Book Review: Dread Nation

    [amazon_link asins=’0062570609′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’83adf95f-2858-11e8-8c00-e1e45afbcd80′] When I received the review copy of Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland, I was immediately excited. It pushed all the right buttons for me: alt-history fantasy with powerful women fighting zombies. It was written partially in response to [amazon_textlink asin=’1594745021′ text=’Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7aefbf0a-285a-11e8-8e37-c1a2a941cf46′], a…

  • When is a Writer a Professional instead of a Hobbyist?
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    When is a Writer a Professional instead of a Hobbyist?

    As the frequently profoundly profane Chuck Wendig says: A Writer Writes. One of the biggest mistaken assumptions that I hear from non-writers (and sometimes hobbyist writers) is that a writer — or any creative professional for that matter — waits for inspiration to strike before writing. A writer writes. Period. If you want to be…

  • January Patreon Preview
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    January Patreon Preview

    Work is going well on this month’s Patreon story, so I thought I would offer a short preview here. To gain access to the full story when it is published around the end of the month, you will need to subscribe to my Patreon at the $1/story level or above.ย  Here’s your preview: โ€œWe have…

  • Bad Writer Confessions
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    Bad Writer Confessions

    It’s time to come clean. I spend a lot of time writing about the writing process and method. I have spent a lot of time teaching students and educating myself. For all that I have learned and all that I have taught .ย .ย . I don’t always practice what I preach. So here are my confessions:…

  • 2018 Projects
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    2018 Projects

    New year, New Projects. Or ongoing projects? Maybe actually finishing things? Here’s what I’m working on: Writing: Comics and Podcasts Oh My:ย I am turning two novels of mine into scripts.ย This Ain’t No Fairy Story will probably come out first, if I can find an artist (or get comfortable with doing the art myself) as a…

  • Fuck off 2017. I hope you do better, 2018.
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    Fuck off 2017. I hope you do better, 2018.

    I’m back in the office after a holiday weekend spent in the hospital with my mother. That seems par for the course for the way 2017 has gone. It’s pretty much been a garbage fire on the world stage as well as personally. Let’s have a look at it: We have gained: One president who…

  • Like to the lark at break of day arising
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    Like to the lark at break of day arising

    I am feeling a touch more optimistic this morning. Maybe it’s that my mom – after two weeks of hell for both of us – has had a stretch of three good days, including Christmas. Maybe it’s that I woke up sandwiched between two dapper, cuddly gentlemen and a beautiful lady (my cats, in their…

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