In the Wild
Now in stores. Would like to say I never doubted it for a minute, but 15 years is a long road to publication. It’s all about persistence. And strong liquor. Especially the liquor.
The Writing Life
Short Stories Now Available for Download (FREE!)
You have to wait until January 18th to snag your copy of God’s War, but to tide you over until then, I’ve put together a free 150-odd page collection of my short fiction from 1997 to present (yeah, I’ve never been a prolific short story writer). You can download a free PDF here (scribd. Recommended)
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MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS!!
My copies of my FIRST FUCKING NOVEL arrive, and I get my first Publisher’s Weekly review. WHY YES IT IS A MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What 15 Years of Rejection Slips Looks Like
Something for all you young writers to look forward to! One of the best parts of the digital age is that you will no longer be hauling piles like this across a couple of oceans and dozens of living arrangements. The historian in me loves that I still have a bunch of rejections from defunct
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Moonfail: Or, Why I Look Forward to Being a Dinosaur
I’ve followed the whole crazy E. Moon debacle since September, and experienced much the same reaction others did to Moon’s initial post. Some nodding along for awhile, raising eyebrows at a bit of the one-for-all view of citizenship, and then gaping at the bizarre turn it took with “Assimilate or you’re just asking for what
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All That’s Fit to Print
God’s War, the novel I started back in the misty-haze of post-graduate school in Chicago, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com (and Borders, Barnes and Noble, and Night Shade’s site, of course). Proofs are in the mail, and I’m told there will be cover art to weep over (one way or another) quite soon.
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Book Contract for God’s War & Infidel Arrived Today
(yes, yes, this is the SECOND one. It’s a wacky business) Need I say more?
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SOMEDAY
Someday I will write something besides radio spots and social media strategies again. SOMEDAY.
Food. Get Some.
Have been a crazy Mad Men fool lately. Look! Here’s a picture of some excellent food at Boulevard Haus to distract you! Am looking forward to upcoming vacation mainly because it means I can unplug from social media pursuits for a whole three days and work on some actual fiction. I’ve got Babylon and Iron
In Which the World Doesn’t End
Some time back, I misplaced my flash drive at the new day job, most likely while moving my office from downstairs to up. Long searches in old office, new office, and three different possible bags I may have stowed it in turned up nothing. The last backup of the files I had on the flash
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