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My Top 5 Sci-Fi Books
I have always been a child of science fiction–which is kind of odd, since neither of my parents were super into it when I was a kid. I don’t know where it came from (though I suspect it was the syndicated Star Trek I watched during the day at my grandparents’ house). But wherever it…
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TBR Piles: How I Choose What to Read Next
When I was a little kid, I was a massively avid reader. I would often read three books at a time: whatever I had been assigned for English, and two more for my own pleasure. I consumed books at an incredible rate, and was thus a frequent visitor of my local and school libraries. I…
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The Yips: How to Break a Reading Slump
As a speculative fiction author, I believe strongly that in order to be a great writer, you must be a great reader. And not just of your preferred genre. You must read wide and often, casting your net as broadly as you can. However, despite that belief, I find myself in something of a reading…
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Goblin Steel
I am not a fantasy writer. I don’t generally read fantasy (outside the short stories submitted to Perseid Prophecies), and I don’t generally watch fantasy (outside the Peter Jackson films). But, I am trying to expand my horizons a bit. So, about eighteen months ago, I wrote a quick little flash-fiction fantasy story, drawing from…
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Shallow Trenches/Open Skies: an Introduction
I’ve spent a great deal of time introducing readers to the world of my space-western Gas Giant Gambit, and rightfully so; it’s my debut novel and I spent a lot of time crafting its characters, settings, and themes. But now I’m working on a follow up, and I think it’s high time I give you…
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My Writing Routine
I first spoke on this topic nearly a year and a half ago, and in that time, quite a bit has changed–while a lot hasn’t–so I thought I might revisit it. I’ll start by saying this isn’t actually my daily routine. I do freelance marketing writing for a living and I also dedicate a substantial…
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What is the “Delilah-verse?”
To be blunt, the “Delilah-verse” is the shared universe most of my stories take place in (not necessarily all, but if there is nothing in the story to contradict the larger rules, even if there is also nothing explicitly tying it to other stories, I consider it a part of the universe). I know, I…
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A Memory for Stories: How I Came to Writing Later in Life
It all started, as it so often does, with reading. From a young age, I was an avid reader, and always reading years above my age group. I routinely scored high on reading comprehension, and I seemed to remember a higher percentage of what I read than others, especially when it comes to stories. But…
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What You’ll Find in My Writing
With Gas Giant Gambit out now, as well as several of my short stories, including the sci-fi/noir “The Stuff Legends are Made of” in RARE, and my followup novel Shallow Trenches/Open Skies well into its initial draft, (not to mention a larger audience as of late) perhaps it’s time to give you readers an idea…
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My Story Road Map
Hello and welcome back! I hope you all had a great holiday season! Mine was less productive than I had originally hoped, but between attending two comic conventions to sell Gas Giant Gambit, and embracing the extra family time with my wife Jessie, I don’t regret a second of it! But now that the season…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Master Blog List
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