
Notes from the Cooler
At the beginning of 2011, I wrote the following: So far the plan is pretty simple: New novel. New album.…
January 1, 2012At the beginning of 2011, I wrote the following: So far the plan is pretty simple: New novel. New album.…
January 1, 2012The last couple of weeks have been dominated by work, writing, and wrangling cats. All well and good, but…
July 27, 2011This year has been jam-packed: plenty of fun and lots of good stuff, but also more than a fair…
June 1, 2011It’s been a while since my last full-on writing update, which looking back isn’t terribly surprising. So far, this…
May 18, 2011Traditionally, this would be the post where I establish my goals or set my resolutions for 2011. But I…
January 2, 2011Professionally, 2010 was a pretty shitty year. My second year in a row of no fiction sales, which is…
December 31, 2010Today is the midpoint of a (glorious!) five-day weekend. It occurred to me recently that I’d gone the whole…
December 10, 2010I just noticed I’m on pace for my least productive blogging month since I launched this site two Januarys…
November 6, 2010I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday! Our Labor Day weekend was enhanced by a houseguest: Tim Pratt stopped…
September 8, 2010This year my M.O. for vacation time has consisted of scheduling it out piecemeal into various four-day “staycation” weekends…
August 30, 2010I’ll keep this post simple: The first draft of Subnetworks is complete! I slowed down in June, but started…
July 30, 2010For various reasons, writing productivity dropped off in June, especially in the second half where I had huge stretches…
July 1, 2010Strategy successfully implemented: my first non-Futurismic month in a while turned out to be a boon to productivity. I…
June 1, 2010It was an even better month for writing in April, both for productivity and attitude. I have a feeling…
May 1, 2010As of today, I’m completely caught up on responding to submissions in the Futurismic slushpile. Which means that, twenty-eight…
April 28, 2010