February 9th, 2005, I sent a draft of a story called “The Falls” to my friend and writing workshop-mate Pat Stansberry. Hey Pat… For what it’s worth I did some editing on the Dead story I wrote. I don’t know if you were still Read more
When I first heard about fan fiction, I was … oh let’s be honest, I was a kid and I reacted like all the worst, reactionary blowhards you can imagine. “Why would you do that?? Those are SOMEONE ELSE’S CHARACTERS! Read more
I was in second grade, I’m pretty sure, but maybe first. That age where, every week, we had to fold a piece of paper in half, lengthwise, and number ten lines for our spelling test. The teacher would pace sedately Read more
Well, kinda. Now that events are Happening In the Real World, as well as online, I am Doing All The Things. Here’s where you can catch me: Thursday June 10th, Wednesday June 16th and June 23rd, I’ll be leading a Read more
My father got custody of my twin sister and me when we were twelve, in sixth grade at Perry Middle School in Perry, Ohio. He had to snatch us quickly, in the middle of the day, one of us at Read more
If you order your copy of Galactic Hellcats from Mac’s Backs, let them know in the comment field on the order form that you’d like it signed, and I will sign it! You can even request a specific message if Read more
This originally appeared on John Scalzi’s Big Idea Blog on March 9th, the launch day for Galactic Hellcats. My dad’s buddies were bikers. Guys whose legal names I still don’t know, but called Froggy or Uncle Um. Their wives and Read more