I’m stepping down from the WilWrite Board after this month, so the conference (in-person and online) will be your last chance to harass interact with me in that capacity! Don’t worry, I plan to continue volunteering with the organization, so…
Category: writing
My Seattle Worldcon 2025 Schedule
Will I see you in the emerald city next month? I’m in town from Tuesday (8/12) through Sunday (8/17), and if you’ve got my contact info, feel free to hit me up about scheduling an off-site meetup somewhere. Otherwise, here’s…
Free Advice on Writing Samples
…for writing workshop applications, specifically! I was a reader for this year’s Clarion West six-week summer workshop (please don’t ask me if I read your application or how I scored anything, I mostly don’t remember anyway) and now that this…
My #Nebulas2022 Schedule
I’ll be on two panels at the SFWA Nebula Conference (ONLINE) next weekend: “Finding the Right Literary Agent & Maintaining Your Sanity Along the Way” (Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 3:00 PM Pacific time) also with Emmeline Duncan, Stina Leicht,…
Lucky Thirteens
In the spring of 2008, I changed my life. I was 34 years old, and for the previous 13 years–starting when I graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in computer science–I had been working in Silicon Valley as a…
Three Months of Free Fiction!
Okay, don’t get too excited: I’m only posting one thing every month, so it’s just three short stories. But they are all new, original works, and explicitly in conversation with the current state of the world… February: “Cats Don’t Care…
Looking Back at 2019
Every year, DeeAnn and I send holiday cards to friends and family. We used to print out a one-page newsletter to stick inside each card, which would include a handwritten note, but as our mailing list got longer the time…
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…
My Norwescon 41 Schedule
It’s that time of year: I don’t know why Norwescon always falls on Easter weekend (probably some combination of hotel contracts and fannish tradition) but it’s happening again! If you’ll be there at the end of this month, here’s where…