And now, back to why it is we’re all here in the first place. Here’s what I’ve been reading, and some recs. THE DINNER I...
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NOTE: some spoilers, sexual assault triggers I went out last night to see the Incredible Burt Wonderstone, a cute little movie about a couple old-school buddy magicians dueling with...
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One of the unforeseen benefits of reading Nate Silver’s book, The Signal and the Noise, was that it encouraged me to take a look at the way I was consuming information. As...
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I’ve talked a lot about growing up in an area that was largely full of white people (I believe 98% of the county I grew up in was white during the 80′s). The effect this had...
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Feb 28, 2013
People ask me a lot about how I balance my day job and my fiction work and manage my time. The short answer is “very carefully.” But the longer answer is here, in this great interview with me hosted by David E. Bowman of The Ohlmann Group, a local ad agency here in Dayton where I worked for a time. I don’t generally like to mix details about...
Feb 22, 2013
As @DelReyUK broke the story, I’ll take that as permission for the GW UK cover reveal… It’s finally here! I’m happy to reveal the cover for the UK version of GOD’S WAR, which is coming out at the end of May/early June. I’ve also gotten word that there is a UK audio version of the book due as well from AudioGO (formerly BBC...
Feb 21, 2013
The trouble with getting out of the fiction writing routine is figuring out how to get into it again. I’ve talked before about my latest book depression, and though I’m happy to report I’ve come out of the weeds of my deadlines and am writing fiction again, it’s a funny stop-start process, this remembering how to write. That’s not to say, obviously,...
Feb 16, 2013
I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile because… well, because it takes me awhile to read books. So here’s a quick grab bag of what I’m been consuming that I think is pretty good food for thought. I do have a stack of other things (so many, many other things) left unread. So here’s to hoping I can recommend some of those soon as...
Feb 3, 2013
After today’s kettle bell workout, I lay on the floor for awhile just staring at the fan and the whirling wooden dragon I have hanging from it. Not because I was all that physically tired, just because I didn’t feel like thinking or doing anything else for awhile. I tried, in vain, to let my mind wander to a big day job project in the hopes that I would be...
