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I’m Building a Dieselpunk PC
I’ve been hesitant to talk about this project for a long time because it always seemed just out of reach. But that’s all changed, and it has become an inevitability now, so I think a project primer is in order! Dieselpunk First off, let’s define our terms. What, exactly, is “dieselpunk?” The best way to…
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A Difficult Week
I’m a little late with this week’s post–at least, later than I generally prefer. And that’s because the last week has been particularly difficult. So, please bare with me, but this week’s blog is going to be a bit of a short catharsis session for me. Tahlula To start, last Wednesday, our beloved cat Tahlula…
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Gas Giant Gambit: Themes
Over the last six or seven weeks, I’ve been spending a huge amount of my time back in Las Ráfagas, the central setting of Gas Giant Gambit. I completed one round of developmental edits, and practically before the second round was finished, we’d already begun on copy and line edits! It’s been a whirlwind, and…
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Thoughts on 40
Today is my 40th birthday, and I have some feelings about that. Is my life what I thought it would be by the time I reached 40? In many ways, no. But at the same time, I never knew what my life would look like at this point. Many kids know what they want to…
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My Favorite Thing to Write: Genre Mashups with a Historical Bent
Wow. Yeah. That’s a mouthful. But as I look over the original projects I’ve got coming out over the next few months, as well as the projects 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.…
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Gas Giant Gambit Cover Reveal!
Let’s get right to the point: I’ve got the finalized Gas Giant Gambit: A Tall Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift book cover to reveal! The cover has been one of my biggest concerns since I started the process of publishing Gas Giant Gambit. I knew that if I didn’t find a publisher I would…
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Goaltending: How Hockey Has Helped Me As A Writer
I struggle with blog topics nearly every week. And so, nearly every week, I scour Google for some new topic inspiration to get me started. And every week, I see the same suggestion to talk about hobbies outside of writing. But I have resisted writing on this topic since I started keeping a blog, mostly…
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My Writing Career Bucket List
I’ve got my head so full of developmental edits for Gas Giant Gambit this week, I thought I’d do something simple for today’s blog. So, just for funsies, here are my top ten writing career bucket list items! In no particular order: That’s all for now! Back to the dev edits! See you next week!
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Gas Giant Gambit Updates
The last few days have been extremely exciting and I have a number of updates to share! Developmental Edits First and foremost, I have received the first round of developmental edits! Despite being assured at the beginning of the process that there were no plot or structural changes needed, I was still anxious about this.…
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Writing Outside Your Genre 2: Electric Romance
Almost a year ago I wrote a blog about writing outside your genre. At the time, I was waiting to hear where I had placed in the first rounds of NYC Midnight’s 2024 Short Story Challenge and Screenwriting Challenge (I made it to the second round in both contests, but crashed out in the third).…
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