“The whole point is you’re making this beautiful, invisible vase.” –Kim Stanley Robinson at Clarion 2013. These words have stayed with me since I heard them last summer. The first draft of a story is rather like putting clay on Read more…
I’ll be at the Vending Machine: Poetry for Change event at Karma Cafe in Canton, Ohio, this Saturday, November 22, at 6pm. This charity event will have poetry readings and an anthology of poems which costs exactly one canned food Read more…
My short story, “Trash” is now available at Escape Pod. This story was born out of a prompt from my sister, Grace, who asked me to write something about a character she’d created for a D&D campaign. Obviously I changed Read more…
To celebrate the life and work of d.a. levy, Cleveland poets will be reading this Saturday night at Lava Lounge in Tremont. Festivities start at 8pm with the incomparable Mary Turzillo. My slot is 9:40. There is an open mic Read more…
My story “Jupiter Wrestlerama” is now available free on Lightspeed’s website. Brian and I went to Niagara Falls for the weekend in February of 2003. We walked around admiring icicles and got lost. We ended up in a residential area, Read more…
Step One: Write a story Step Two: Submit story Step Three: A Magical Transformation Occurs the Moment the Mailbox Closes Step Four: Get Hopes Up ie, 8 weeks of ridiculous statistical analysis. Step Five: Receive Results 99% of the time: Read more…
Well, I’m back from the SFWA annual reception in New York City and, having been at work a couple days now, finally got around to blogging the experience. The short of it: I was a neurotic mess but had a Read more…