A couple of weeks ago, I finished my sixtieth novel. Sixty. 6-0. That’s also my age at this point. As many novels as I have years of life. As I’m writing this after that milestone, I’m already planning novel number sixty-one. I plan on finishing two novels this year, which will bring the total up […]
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I went with a friend to see the Elton John concert last night. I am a huge EJ fan, and have been for a really long time. It was so much fun to go to a big live concert like that. I haven’t been to one for ages and ages. We had good seats because
I was talking with another writer recently who is much older than I am, by more than ten years. They mentioned casually that they realistically only had ten to fifteen years left in terms of planning things for their life. Whoa. That was kind of a shocking reality check. They probably aren’t inaccurate with their
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I know, I know. I keep trying to find a balance between blogging and just putting everything up on Patreon. Obviously, I keep failing at this as well, given how long it’s been since I’ve put up an update. This morning, I woke up with a bad enough headache that I’m not able to write
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While this essay will be published later, I’m currently writing it while down on the Oregon coast, sitting and watching the ocean, listening to the waves and the seagulls. There’s a good breeze, as always, so it’s a bit chilly, and it smells like sand, salt, and seaweed. This has been something of a writing
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OMG YAY! I’m in a new story bundle. NOT ONLY THAT – This is a bundle that I put together. I’m the curator on this one! SO EXCITING!!! https://www.storybundle.com/witches I’ve always loved tales about witches. Good witches, evil witches, modern or ancient. Any sort of story you can imagine, you can probably place a witch
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For those of you playing along at home, about six months ago I got diagnosed with fast-growing cataracts. Doctor said I’d need to get my lenses replaced in three to five years. One of the other things about fast-growing cataracts is that they start in the center of the lens. Regular, slow-growing cataracts start along
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I’ve been gone for the last couple of weeks, in MN to visit family and to attend CONvergence. (https://www.convergence-con.org) CONvergence required proof of up-to-date vaccinations, as well as masks in all shared spaces of the con. I only saw a couple of people who didn’t wear masks regularly (think privileged white dudes). Everyone else for
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Woo AND hoo! Not only do I have a book in the Sci-Fi Stars of Summer Humble Bundle, I also have a book in the Past Crimes story bundle! The book in question is a collection of my Rabbit stories, which have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine as well as Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.
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Yay! I have things to promote! Always an exciting part of a writer’s life. I’m actually not being sarcastic. Having stuff available in cool neat packaging is thrilling. Particularly when your book happens to be included with some of your favorite authors in the same package. Take the Humble Bundle Stars of Sci-Fi Summer. Sure,
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