I’m biking home, and I take a wide left, and a woman in a huge SUV shouts out the window to me, “Why didn’t you take the sidewalk?” If this had not been something someone had shouted at me before, Read more
In seventh grade, I undertook an experiment with the sartorial self, and it had unexpected consequences. It was the first day of school, and I was depressed by my clothing options. The first day of school is the day when Read more
Another requested topic! If there’s one thing a writer does more than write, it’s get rejected! … I really wish it were the other way around… Anyway, it can be hard to tell by looking at me now, when I Read more
*cracks knuckles* Challenge accepted, Carlos Arturo Serrano. Short answer: Yes. Wait wait, put down the pitchforks! You know I started out answering this, “No.” Back in the 1980s, flipping through my pack of Star Wars Bubblegum cards, hoping to find Read more
Now mark ye what I say. Silks I have myself; see ye that men do bring us jewels upon their shields and thus we’ll work the clothes. – Das Nibelungenlied This is a story that starts in 2010. I was Read more
So there I was, in the middle of teaching a class on selling short stories, and on my “post sale” slide I included “announce sale on social media after contract is signed” and “post again when the story is live, Read more
blog topic suggested by Nyla Bright. “Everyone says the writing in romance novels is bad but in my experience it’s no worse than a lot of genre fiction. The people it bothers the most are those not engaged— Or better Read more