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Facing one’s limited Faces
Becoming someone else is hard. I don’t mean changing who you actually are, but rather, the process of putting on a role, such as what an actor or a gamer does. I’m not really an actor — I’ve done some...
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If “Life is what you make it”, what are we making it into?
Contemplation of the ancient and the new, all at once.. Every once and a while, I seem to sit up straight, cast off the blanket of “normal life”, and look around with fresh eyes. During those times, I...
View Article“Tainted Roses”– a steampunk space opera novellette, uh.. “thing” :)
A couple of summers ago, while studying in France, I had the opportunity and inspiration to write a few stories based on the brand-new Every Photo Tells… photo prompt podcast. Most were very short...
View ArticleBalticon or Bust!
I find it fascinating just how much a gathering of people in real-time, in real-space, still excites. After all, my tribe is all wired. We span the globe, but we connect in real-time or in async-time...
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PhD: Lessons Learned From Research Not Yet Finished
I work a lot of things out on whiteboards or large sketchbooks, because the ideas are visual and ever-changing. For the last decade or so, I’ve been engaged in graduate research, mostly in pursuit of a...
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Podioracket Interview
A few weeks ago, I had a lovely chat with Podioracket over the release of my Every Photo Tells…-inspired novella, Tainted Roses: Death To A Mind, on Podiobooks. The interview has now gone live, so...
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I dream, perchance, to sleep!
In France, I spent many nights awake, staring at candles, contemplating everything and nothing. And getting to sleep late. It’s nearly 4am, and I am still not asleep. I suspect that it’s because there...
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Support “The Way of the Gun” Kickstarter. Now.
Scott Roche is gathering an anthology of stories set in a steampunk universe at the crossroads of old-west gunslingers and bushido, and he’s doing it with several great authors and podcasters. Go...
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“Tainted Roses” nominated for a Parsec award!
My novella, “Tainted Roses”, has been nominated on the long list for a Parsec award this year! Much credit goes to Katharina and Mick of EveryPhotoTells for narrating the novella — for doing everything...
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Saving Money Slowly
About a year ago, just after Balticon was over, I said to myself: “That was great, but.. Next year I’ve got plan my money better!” I managed to get to Balticon, but I was severely money-crunched. I’m...
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Obligatory Bellringer Post
Whoops! It’s been a while since any sort of update, and for that, I would apologize. I would apologize, but I have never made claims to consistency or promise of performance here, so there’s nothing...
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