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The Word on the Street
No deep thoughts on writing, updates on projects, or dives into genres this week. Instead, today I only want to remind you that I will be at Toronto’s The World on the Street Book & Magazine Festival this weekend! I will be there, both days, all day, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday,…
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A Year of Gas Giant Gambit
One year ago tomorrow, September 16th, 2025, my debut novel Gas Giant Gambit was released. It’s been an exciting year, and I thought a look back at some of the highlights might be fun. There have been a few other things in there as well, including a couple additional convention appearances, and perhaps a thing…
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The Offspring Garden
This week I’m going to do things a little differently. Rather than blather on about a subject, I’m going to share a short story that I’m quite proud of, but never could seem to get published anywhere else. This story was written for the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest back in January of 2023. If…
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Book Research
One of the things I love most about being an author is the research. That may sound boring to many, but I have a passion for learning. I love that “aha!” feeling when you understand a new concept or learn some interesting or fundamental factoid. If I could have remained a student after graduating university,…
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Writing Prose vs Screenwriting: What’s the Difference?
Most people are familiar with prose (even if they aren’t familiar with the word), but screenplays aren’t general seen by the movie going audience. So, as someone interested in writing one, the other, or both, the differences can be a little mystifying at first. But, as a writer that has found himself experiencing the earliest…
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My Outlining Technique
If you’re one of my dear “Constant Readers” (to borrow a turn of phrase from one of the masters), you may have seen the post before. A couple of times, in fact. But, once again, one of my outlines got a fair amount of attention on social media recently, with a lot of questions about…
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Subgenre Defined: Cosmic Horror
As I have said time and time again, I love me a good genre mashup. The more obscure the resulting subgenre, the better. Genre mashups offer a bending or re-imagining of tropes from sometimes wildly opposing creative origins, and are a lot of fun to read and write. Earlier this year, I set out to…
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Paperback vs. Hardcover vs. eBook vs. Audiobook: How Do I Read?
I’ll start by saying, I do not care how someone else receives their stories. I think there are nuanced differences, sure, but I also think that as long as you are consuming stories–and more importantly, understanding them–then how they make their way into your brain is irrelevant. The story is the important part For me,…
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Reader Recs: Cosmic Horror
Hello all! I’m keeping it short this week and trying something I’ve never done on this blog before: putting out a call for your book recommendations! I’m currently working on the outline for my third novel–this one a cosmic horror set in NorCal (in a fictionalized version of the town I grew up in) in…
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My Favorite Things to Write: Genre Mashups with a Historical Bent
Wow. Yeah. That’s a mouthful. But as I look over the projects I’ve had published, as well as those I’m currently working on, this is undeniably true. I really love writing genre mashups that have a certain (if varying) historical element. Here’s what I mean by that. Cibus City, and the World of Clayton Hart…
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