Futurist Fiction
Did you know that I write more than just novels? As a teenager, I was a prolific writer of song parodies. Most paid homage to my favorite fictions, including a riff on the Spin Doctors' "Two Princes" to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, half a dozen popular songs restyled for... Continue Reading →
July was a hurricane, friends. In addition to the usual demands of a full-time job by day and wrestling with final revisions on Binary Chop by night, my month included: A whirlwind international business trip; Publication of the fourth Brave New Girls science fiction anthology, featuring my short story "Armed for the Future"; Big projects and... Continue Reading →
I've been busy as an endangered bee this spring, working on revisions on Binary Chop (I dispatched it to my beta readers this weekend, so I get a few days to rest my fingers and wallow in anxiety before the final round). Thankfully, the good people of the writing community gave me several opportunities to... Continue Reading →
What's worse than getting the flu--miserable aches, pounding head, bone-splintering chills, a fever you stubbornly endure until it flirts with 104 and you can almost hear your brain fluid begin to bubble? Having to go on a business trip the day after your fever breaks. Irritated at being forced to break my three-year streak of not... Continue Reading →
One hundred years ago today--on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour, 11 November 1918--Germany signed the armistice that brought World War I to a close. Sixteen million people, military and civilians, died in the four years of conflict. But the "war to end all wars" left some conflicts unresolved, and this... Continue Reading →
Two Decembers ago in a mid-sized East Coast city not far away, I took my family of multi-generational Star Wars fans to opening night of The Force Awakens. Everyone enjoyed it: after enduring that wretched prequel trilogy in the 2000s, the franchise was finally fun again. And so, continuing the new tradition, we kicked off this year's... Continue Reading →
