It's been two weeks since my last post. Much has happened in the world, but much has stayed the same. I've sold a short story (can't announce where yet, unfortunately) which is always exciting news. Still have a novel out (sitting on the editor's desk, last I heard) and another short that I'm waiting to … Continue reading Hanging In There

I managed to get my Zombie Apocalypse story in under the deadline with 90 minutes to spare. Deadlines make me focus like a mofo. Dead now, however. 4,000 words written in 2 hours tends to fry me. I'll update more tomorrow. Now, I'm for bed.

Eric S. Brown and I wrapped up our latest work, The Chosen of the Red God, yesterday and it's now in the editor's hands. It's a little short story we were working on for a few weeks (I struggled with the voice and narrative of it initially, which is what took so long) and now we're … Continue reading Another Story Off

My short story, A Promise Made, is featured in the latest Sha'Daa anthology, this one titled Sha'Daa Facets. I'm super excited about this one (I wrote this a few years back) and can't wait to get my copy of it. The print copy is out now, and the ebook should be out soon. In other news, I finally have … Continue reading Book Release Day!

First they attacked with accusations of racism, but lo! who are the real racists? Then they attacked with accusations of sexism, but lo! who are the real sexists? Next they attacked with accusations of association, but lo! with whom does evil truly associate? I got a little pissed off this week. You see, I'm supposed … Continue reading Gray

You know, back in 2011 I said that it would be pretty cool to win the Hugo Award. Ah, to be that naive and young again. Hell, back in 2013 I still thought it would be fun. "Fun" being relative, but you know. Now? Now I'm just happy that I'm a Campbell finalist (which is … Continue reading The Rain and the Curbstomp

Today is definitely a lazy day. Birds are singing outside, Casper is lounging in the window and hogging the sun (and Wally is getting mad at him for doing so). I'm going to do some reading and, if I get properly motivated, I might mow the lawn later. I enjoy Sundays. It's pretty much the only … Continue reading Lazy Day

I reviewed David Walton's Superposition today over at Shiny Book Review. It was a fun little read and really delves into quantum entanglement and resonance (which, for me, is pretty awesome stuff... I should have gone in to physics but I hated math when I was younger. Or my first love, biology). There is a sequel coming … Continue reading A Review and an Update

You know, I thought I'd done a pretty good job at keeping my mouth shut the past few days since the Hugo Awards kerfuffle began. Not because I'm worried about the vote or future book deals or anything, but because I was basking in the sheer AWESOMENESS of being a finalist. For me, I'd been … Continue reading The Hit Piece That Released the Kraken

I blogged today over at the Mad Genius Club and talked about Books versus Movies. Why that and not the Hugos? Well, two reasons. One: everyone is talking about the Hugos. Two: I wanted to talk about Books versus Movies. See? That is how it's done. No fuss, just going out and doing something. Anyway, … Continue reading It’s Complicated

So the editor told me yesterday "The deadline was more of a floating deadline, so don't worry about it." Yay! I have a few more days to knock out this still-untitled Zombie short story. My frequent coauthor, Eric S. Brown, sent me a short story the other day for the 1632 universe (by Eric Flint). … Continue reading Floating Deadlines

Writing Music of the Moment:  "Generation Dead" by Five Finger Death Punch Talk about a crazy two weeks. I've been so busy running around and dealing with this new job that I've forgotten to update the website. Plus side of new job: more income! Yay! Down side of new job: not nearly as much writing time. Boo! … Continue reading The Obligatory Updated Part Deux