Virtual Vacation: Pandora
This is a selfie I took while I was on vacation visiting Pandora. You can see an avatar in a tank behind me. Overall, this […]
Hourlings Podcast E7: The Hook (18m)
Episode 7 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (18 minutes) is now available on YouTube. This episode’s topic is “The Hook,” which we define loosely as […]
Steven Brust: All About Structure
I’ve bought every book that Steven Brust has ever written. I’ve also been on a panel with him at a convention before…Balticon, I believe. He’s […]
Hourlings Podcast E6: Developing Characters (72m)
Episode 6 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (72 minutes) is now available on YouTube. Listen to my fellow writers and I discuss the in and […]
Chess Quotes in “The Rooftop Game”
My novelette, The Rooftop Game, features a life-and-death struggle for survival on the rooftop of a castle tower. When the castle is overrun by enemies […]
Inspiration: Galaxy’s Edge
This is a photograph of a mural I saw at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC a few years ago. It’s as […]
Hourlings Podcast E5: Apocs, Santa, and Other Disasters (72m)
Episode 5 of the Hourlings Podcast Project (72 minutes) is now available. This was intentionally a free-form, Happy Hour event. A number of us had…ahem…adult […]
Monday Mashup: Beth Harmon vs. Spock
I love this mashup image of Beth Harmon, the chess prodigy from The Queen’s Gambit, locked in battle with the inimitable Mr. Spock, from Star […]
Hourlings Podcast E4: Marketing Madness (81m)
Episode 4 of the Hourlings Podcast Project is now available online. This episode is all about marketing books, with S. C. Megale providing input on […]
Don’t Let Your Story Succumb to the Dreaded Bean Bag Syndrome
I’m a speculative fiction writer and I’ve been participating in writing critique groups since 2013. In that time, I can’t even begin to tell you […]