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War Journal 57: The Final Stretch

Admittedly, I’m sporadic with these updates.  Call it my nature or the nature of the war in the trenches.  Either way I sometimes go silent, not updating for no good reason.  Well, I haven’t updated in a while (again), but … Continue reading →

War Journal 56: Trench Update

I took perhaps a month off from writing, although it seemed much longer.  Either way, I’m back now, infused with a few more story ideas and a long held desire to wrap up the novel.  It’s nice to feel busy again … Continue reading →

Rant Grenade: Shoe Game

Alright, so here I am over in the third world, missing out on a more civilized lifestyle when I run across this Yahoo! news article.  Since it was brief, I’ll post the overwhelming majority of it below: Shoppers waiting in … Continue reading →

Trench Gristle 08: The Rhythm Man

I can tell by looking at you that you hear a lot of stories from guys like me saying things hard to believe until novel ideas you hear have veered from keen to boring and only if you could get … Continue reading →

War Journal 55: The All’s Well

Hey guys, I know some of you have been in the trenches without an update. This season’s been hectic. On top of trying to wage war with the slushpiles around the world, I’ve been knee deep in slush as associate … Continue reading →

Help UFO2!

The Unidentified Funny Objects Kickstarter is in its last 40 hours and it needs your help to get that last little push it needs. There’s literally nothing else out there dedicated to publishing funny, absurd, satirical and otherwise humorous speculative … Continue reading →

Creative Combat Arms: Your Writing Technique

You guys know how I am, I typically go against the grain of all the standard writing advice out there, my lone voice of dissent whispering “writer beware”.  It’s not that I don’t heed advice or think it’s all bad; … Continue reading →

War Journal 54: Shank

I was away for the past couple days, sent on a high priority mission to Forward Operating Base Shank.  The mission on FOB Shank was simple, deliver a preconfigured laptop to a waiting, eager customer. What I didn’t know before … Continue reading →

Intelligence Report: UFO 2

You folks following me for awhile know I’m all about some laughs.  Last year, I worked closely with Alex Shvartsman as an associate editor on the first anthology of speculative fiction humor that I’d ever seen.  My bookshelf isn’t exactly … Continue reading →

Dialogues for My Readers

I have a couple hot releases coming down the pipe.  For email subscribers to Daily Science Fiction, expect my latest story, Past Tense, to hit your inboxes on April 1st.  Non-subscribers will have to wait a week, so if you haven’t … Continue reading →