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Progress Reports

I’ve been working pretty hard on my fantasy novel — it’s up to Chapter 23 now. If you’re interested in seeing what kinds of things I’m writing in this book, the best place to do that is on my Instagram, where I’m posting snippets each day that I manage to write something. Here’s an example:

 

So, y’know. Check it out. Give me a follow, if you like. The excerpts also show up on my Twitter, if that’s your thing.

And yes, the rules of “Run” are in the book. Just in case anyone wants to do ...

It’s over 100,000!

I have this fantasy novel I’ve been writing, on and off, since 2006. I picked it back up again in 2019 after the inaugural Multiverse convention and started rewriting it; after all, my writing has changed — hopefully for the better — in the years since I first wrote it.

There were some truffles in there, but there was also a lot of dirt. I had the bones of a good (I hope) fantasy novel, one that I was maybe halfway done with. I’ve never written a book longer than 145,000 words, but this one is o...

THE COMING OF THE TWO is out for consideration

After multiple drafts, multiple revisions, and a whole hell of a lot of time spent pondering what I should call it, my YA novel (formerly called “the shelit book” for lack of anything better) is finally out for consideration with a couple of agents.

What’s it about? Well, I can distill it down into one sentence, if I absolutely have to: “what if The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, but with genre-aware protagonists and lizards instead of traditional fantasy creatures?”

The book is called...

Here, Have Some Updates

Here are some updates that may or may not interest you:

I finally, finally finished the second draft of my YA fantasy novel. Next step is the third draft, where I take all the individual chapter files, put them all together, and then edit for internal consistency.Last year I wrote two books in March (and published one over the summer, under my pseudonym), and made a somewhat-abortive attempt at a new novel in NovemberWriting during COVID is hard. Harder than I thought it would be. I really th...

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: Free Until Friday!

It’s my kid’s birthday this week, but you all get the gift: until Friday August 14, you can get a free copy of After the Apocalypse for your Kindle. You don’t have to do anything special — just go to Amazon and grab it.

And if you like it, maybe you’d consider reviewing it? The more good reviews an independently-published book gets, the higher it goes in the Amazon algorithm, which is vital when you don’t have a publisher’s marketing machine working for you.

After the Apocalypse. Free. Get it wh...

Virtual Tip Jar

Times are tough for everyone. I get it, believe me. But if you feel like my stories have made you feel feelings, or you just want to send a little encouragement, I created a virtual tip jar that you can use if you like. But you dont have to.

I suppose I ought to tell you that I wrote two books since quarantine began. Theyre in various stages of beta-reading and editing. Theyll be published under one of my pseudonyms. Hopefully I can get back to writing under my real name; late last year I was...

Piece by Piece, Line by Line

One of the biggest issues I have when I write is getting anything finished. Not because I dont have the ideas, or the ability to follow through, but because I need to see my successes. Otherwise I dont know that Im doing a good job. Sure, I can tell my friends hey, I wrote 3500 words today and theyll tell me how great that is, but that kind of talk doesnt get me going as well as actual metrics-based success.

I recently started working on a new project a choose-your-own-adventure story that I...

a multiverse of boss fights

Hi! Did I meet you at Multiverse? If you missed it, you should keep an eye on this space and see where you can meet me next. (I don’t have anything scheduled at the moment, but follow me on one of my many social medias and find out when I do.)

While at Multiverse, I read “The Accumulation of Mere Existence”, one of the stories in Boss Fight. Judging from the reaction of the audience, it hit pretty hard. You should get a copy of the book and check it out.

Finally, my wife has taken on the herculean task of p...

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BOSS FIGHT cover reveal and preorder page

Guess what?

You can now preorder your digital copy of my new collection, Boss Fight! It officially releases on October 18, but if you buy it now it’ll show up on your Kindle (or other device with a supported Kindle app) on that day without you having to do anything.

There will also be a paperback, but Amazon doesn’t yet have a way to do paperback preorders, so you’ll have to wait on that until the 18th.

Also, here’s the cover art, without any text on it, by the lovely and talented Sara Noto:

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BOSS FIGHT is alllllllllmost done…

I know I’m cutting it kind of close, but my new collection, Boss Fight, is just about done. I have to make one or two quick edits to the manuscript, get the final cover, and get it to the publisher. All the editing and typesetting is done, though.

Here, have a table of contents:

Boss Fight The Accumulation of Mere Existence Committed to Memory Morning Commute Five Conversations with Lieutenant Mendez The Cessation of Pain Dreaming of Suzanne My Pillow Oubliette The Healing Process Thoughts a...