...for Kraken Mare, at least. Chris and I locked up the "end" of the main story (one more subplot to tie up) last night and now I'm filling gaps while he's cleaning up the final fight scene. Which is fortuitous timing: publisher shot me an email today asking for a status update. Whew! My brain has … Continue reading The End Is Nigh!

You may all lament with me: I did not win the $1.5 billion Powerball last night. Of course, I didn't play it... I've been watching the growing insanity associated with the lotto for the past few years and couldn't help but shake my head at it. After reading about how Illinois isn't paying out lottery winnings to … Continue reading A Rambling Note on Taxation and Stuff Because I Was Being Lazy and Avoiding Writing

I've been feeling under the weather the past few days, but that doesn't really explain my sudden burst of productivity. Over the past four days (counting this morning) I've crushed out about 11,000 words on Kraken Mare. That's pretty good, but this almost always happens whenever I hit a certain word count on a work in … Continue reading As Read By Ryan Reynolds As The Fictional Character Deadpool

"Hey Jason, you're going to have Kraken Mare done before the New Year's, right?" "Of course!" *snort* I should have known better than to tempt fate... I had anticipated on my real-life job lessening the workload come the holiday season (traditionally, that's what happens, according to everyone else). This year seemed to have been that rare exception, … Continue reading Topical Agent for Boredom Seekers

At 5:10 PM Eastern time last night, my beloved Sophie crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Growing up in group homes, I never had a pet of my own. In retrospect it's understandable, because most kids aren't in one particular location for a long time. Back then, however, I was angry and mad that all the other … Continue reading Sophie

There is nothing like being woken up in the morning by screaming and grabbing your face because your cat just clawed it's way across it while running from the dog. After much blood and some swear words it was decided that I did not need stitches (thankfully) and the worst injury I had was a … Continue reading Cat Scratch Fever

I've had this migraine since the morning I wrote my last entry, and it's beginning to piss me off (the migraine, not the last blog entry). It has slowed my writing down enough that I'm starting to question the sanity of writing 3 books at the same time. Fortunately, I'm not having any problems keeping … Continue reading Strange Books

Hey, it's October! That means fall colors, cooler weather and white girls with pumpkin spice everything. I'm buckling down on the off chance that a hurricane hits me this weekend and preparing to go gung-ho over the next 31 days to complete Kraken Mare. I've been pretty slack these past few days (been battling a cold … Continue reading Accounting

I'm taking a break from Kraken Mare today to let you know that I finally finished Supersymmetry, a novel by David Walton. I talked about the first book of the series earlier this year (Superposition) and how that one was definitely going on my Hugo nomination list for next year. I may need to reconsider that, though, and … Continue reading Break Time

So last week I signed and mailed off a contract for an anthology that I was keeping quiet about because it's a pretty big thing. I talked to the editor and was given the OK to go ahead and let it out publicly. Eric S. Brown (yes, that guy again :)) and I sold our … Continue reading Story Sold (Part Deux)

This one had me doing my happy dance. I'm not posting specific details about it until the contract is mailed off, however (which will happen tomorrow). Don't bother going to my bibliography, either. I know better than... wait (double-checks). Yeah, I know better than that.

I haven't forgotten about the site. I've been writing, I swear! Kraken Mare has exploded this week, cracking the 50% complete mark after a massive rewrite of, well, everything (unofficial word count of this book -- including rewrites -- surpasses 75,000) but everything is clear to me now just what has to happen, how it's going … Continue reading Kraken Mare Progress

So apparently Dragoncon was a bit crazy this weekend... while that was going on, I was enjoying the beach. Well, I was enjoying the rain while at the beach. Okay, there wasn't much enjoyment going on while watching the rain while at the beach. Should have gone to Dragoncon. #TorpedoesfortheTroops went off amazingly well, with … Continue reading Rainy Weekend