Award Finalist Feels

Why 2019 might be my best year yet as a SFF writer.

And why I’m taking it all in stride.

“Great kid! Don’t get cocky.”-Han

For the Good of the Order- Writing Goals 2019

Kicking off another year with this “for the good of the order” thing. Late but here. In this installment, I look back on 2018 in my SFF writing life–(big tings happened)–and what I might hope for in 2019. Here we go.

Making Time to Write SFF: An Essay

Making time to write ain’t easy. I’m stumbling through it like everyone else. But I think, at last, I may have found a way.

All My Stories Are Political. I Checked.

Turns out the SFF I write is pretty political? Who knew? The answer is, everybody. Everybody knew. Including me.

Art by Odera Igbokwe, from the short essay Fantasy’s Othering Fetish.

For the Good of the Order: Writing Goals 2018

Kicking off another year with this “for the good of the order” thing. In this installment, I look back on 2017 in my SFF writing life–and what I might hope for in 2018. This should be interesting.

Writing SFF in the Resistance

Chief Petty Officer Tyrol: “What do you want to do now, Captain?”
Lt. Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace: “The same thing we always do. Fight ’em until we can’t.”

“When I get mad I put it down on a pad.”–Chuck D, Welcome to the Terrordome

For the Good of the Order: Writing Goals 2017

Kicking off another year, looking back on 2016 in my writing life–and what I might hope for in 2017.