Quick PSA: Unless I have an existing, mutually agreed-upon working relationship with you, please do not send me your writing for critique, review, or other professional feedback. I don’t have the time to read your stuff, and I don’t want the legal exposure. Even if I did have the time to read your novel—which I…
Category: writing.
Work in progress is progressed
As you can see from the progress bar to the right, the novella for the secret project is done. As it often happens, I overshot my word count target, but in this case I overshot it by rather a lot. I had planned for 19,000 words give or take a thousand and ended up with…
Our combination anniversary getaway/working vacation
Last weekend, the wife and I went to Quebec City for three days to celebrate our anniversary (21 years!), recharge our batteries, and plan out some new stories together. We stayed at a nice hotel in the old city, went to the German Christmas Market and did some shopping, ate fantastic meals, and generally…
The public lives of writers (and the urge to comment thereon)
When I was in Glasgow for Worldcon, I shared a few pictures on my Instagram account. Among them were shots of the full Scottish breakfast I got to use as fuel for the day. Someone commented on the post that I should “eat less and write more.” I’m sure the person who left that comment…
CORVUS draft and Worldcon after-action report
As you can tell from the progress bar in the sidebar to the right, I have finished the first draft of CORVUS, the second installment in the Frontlines: Evolution series. It’s with the editor now, and I’ll see it again in a few weeks to begin the developmental edits, but for now it’s off my…
A magic wand for tattooing dead trees
The piston knob on my favorite fountain pen broke recently, so I sent the pen (a Lamy 2000) off to the mothership in Germany for warranty repair. It came back a little while ago, with a delivery note listing the repairs which were performed at no charge. That’s some awesome customer service for a pen I…
Quick office tour, February of twenty-four
I had to clean up and reorganize the desk today, so I took a picture of its pristine state while it lasts. The artwork on the wall: John Picacio cover for one of my Tor.com Wild Cards stories, Michael Komarck cover for LOW CHICAGO featuring my character Khan, and (above the pulse rifle prop…
SCORPIO contest winners
All right, the RNG gods have chosen. The winners are: Nicholas Clarke Dennis Hugh Lavery Santeri Declan David Peter Holmes Ashley R. Pollard Hendrik Bill Anderson Krzysztof Territorial Army Medic Marla McOmber Bjorn I’ll be sending out an email to the people on the list with instructions. If anyone doesn’t claim their copy by…
SCORPIO giveaway is now closed.
I’ll be going through the entries today with the help of the random numbers generator and pick a dozen winners from all the comments that have been left by the 1200h EST contest deadline. Watch this space for names, and if yours appears on the list–check your email.
SCORPIO release day
Today is the official release day for SCORPIO, first book in the Frontlines spin-off, Frontlines: Evolution. A bunch of you will have read it already because it was one of the Amazon First Reads selections for December, free to download for anyone with a Prime subscription. A few of you may have gotten your hands…