I’m doing three events in the Pacific Northwest this month: 9/12 Portland, OR – hosting SFWA Readings with authors Ted Chiang, Daryl Gregory, and Jack Skillingstead; Lucky Lab on SE Hawthorne (FREE) 9/24 Seattle, WA – quizmaster for Clarion West Trivia Night Fundraiser;…
High School Reunion
Last month, DeeAnn and I traveled to Southern California to visit family and friends, and while we were there I also caught up with two of my high school teachers: Kathy Jensen and David Spaid. They’re both retired from teaching…
Space Remixes
It’s been a good long while since I documented one of my random research spirals, but this one was pretty interesting. While catching up on my Instagram friends today, I saw this intriguing background on Aaron Duran‘s laptop screen: I…
My Norwescon 42 Schedule
It’s less than a month until Easter, and therefore just about a month until Norwescon! Here’s where you can find me then: Friday (4/19) – it’s all about ME Writing Class: Dialogue, She Wrote with Curtis ChenCascade 1311:30am–1pmMore than one…
Are You Curious About My Fictions?
NOT IN A CREEPY WAY tho. Wow, I really am terrible at post titles. Here’s the deal: I’m now set up as an author on Curious Fictions, a new site for connecting writers and readers. You can follow me to…
What I Did in 2018
I guess it’s time to take stock of what’s happened in my life over the last twelve months, both professionally and personally… In 2018, I had two fiction stories published: “Go, Space Racer!” in Playboy Magazine “Players” in Kaleidotrope I also wrote…
New Year, New Blog
As you can see, I finally bit the bullet and joined everyone in the 21st century with a WordPress “journal” (which sounds classier than “blog” and I’m classy af). I’ve imported everything from my old blog and it seems to…
Jasper Died on a Sunday
He died six months ago:Sunday, June 10th, 2018.He passed away at 4:27PM.It was raining outside. Tye was with him.We were all with him. The whole family was together.He was happy.Tired, but happy. He was tiredand he justwent to sleeponelasttime. Our…
My Worldcon 2018 Schedule
I’ll be in San Jose next week for Worldcon 76, and wonder of wonders, I am actually scheduled to be on some programming items! Here’s where you can find me: FRIDAY, 17 Aug 2018 SFWA Business Meeting08:00 – 10:00, 210DH…