I am thrilled to be invited to this reading event hosted by Mare Swallow (whom you may have spotted at Tuesday Funk readings in the past). I will be reading with some other members of my writers’ group Error of Judgment this Friday, June 29th, 2012. Yes. Here’s what’s on the table as far as stories [...]

There’s some really good news today in the blog. I am proud to announce a companion piece, the new podcast called “The Labyrinth.” Welcome to the debut episode of The Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a show dedicated to finding the strange and unusual stories in our world. On this first episode, your host Cesar Torres talks about [...]

Lately some of you have been asking me recently about my 2010 book of short stories, “The 12 Burning Wheels.” Yes, I wrote this short collection in 2009, and M Brane SF published it as a book and and e-book. When it was published, I promoted the book pretty heavily, and I think it’s worth [...]

At the beginning of Saturday’s writing session I had 12,635 words in “The Ocean Hunters.” A few hours later, I ended up with 1,350 new words. I am at 14,000. If my quota for this month is 10,000 words, that means I gotta keep on going, moving, moving. I have about 6,000 more words to [...]

I think about Christopher Isherwood sometimes here in Berlin. He is an author I look up to, and one of my personal heroes. He wrote an extensive body of work, and though he’s no longer read widely, he was very influential. And yes, he’s also put his own stamp on the city of Berlin, where [...]

Has anyone ever asked your opinion about a toothpaste to get your endorsement of it? Perhaps it was about a tech gadget, maybe even a certain kind of shoe? I think we all have been asked at some point. Well, unless you were being paid by that brand, you probably thought to yourself, well, I [...]

As some of you know, I have done a few readings at Tuesday Funk in Chicago. It’s a great reading series, hosted by Bill Shunn. This summer, they are looking for spec fix writers to round out a special edition of the series tied to Worldcon. This is going to be: pretty awesome. Tuesday Funk, [...]

I am making progress in my current manuscript, and today I wrote 421 new words (and spent time drawing images from the text). As some of you know, I often draw the images from my stories on a notebook in order to help me visualize places or explore the story. I’ll post a pic or [...]

I will be reading a brand new story at Tuesday Funk on November 1 at the Hopleaf. My bio is due later this week. What do you like to see in an author bio? Want to give me some tips on what I should include? Help me, Lovers.