Archive for the 'Essays' Category

Are eBooks driving better book design?

December 14th 2011 at 9:22 pm

eBooks may be changing print books in interesting ways. eBooks give me a predictable experience.  I know how a book will look on my Nook or my iPad and I know that I’ll be able to read it comfortably there.  Think of it like Starbucks, where I know I’ll get a decent cup of coffee. [...]

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One of our futures is falling victim to the economy…..

November 26th 2011 at 2:49 pm

My newest column up  Futurismic.com talks about the economy, space, and the future we may be creating (or not) out there. Yes, I’m excited about the Mars rover.  But I want more. Drop by Futurismic and take a look at Long Term and Long Distance Thinking.  And just as a reminder of what we can’t [...]

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9/11/11: Changes in Latitudes, Attitudes…

September 10th 2011 at 2:00 pm

The strangest things happen to writers.  This morning, I woke up with an essay in my head: I gave a talk to a bunch of eighteen and nineteen year-old students at the University of Washington earlier this week.  None of them were old enough to remember a pre 9/11 world.  They have never traveled without [...]

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Publications

Wings of Creation can now be pre-ordered in Mass Market paperback edition.

Westward Weird is now available — my first published ghost story

One of my favorite shorts, “My Grandfather’s River,” has been included in this beautiful new anthology named RIVER, edited by Alma Alexander and now available via Dark Quest Books.

December special.

Mayan December is now available for only .99 cents for Kindle and Nook.

Great price.  Limited time.

I have a new story in “Under the Vale,” a fabulous collection of stories set in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar.

I have a new story in “Under the Vale,” a fabulous collection of stories set in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar.

Year’s Best SF 28 Out!

My story, “My Father’s Singularity” is among many great stories in this anthology.  Available widely.

Recent interviews on the web

I had two really fun interviews come out recently.  They can be found at:

Heidi Ruby Miller’s Pick Six

MilSciFi interview relating to my story, “Cracking the Sky” in the No Man’s Land anthology

In an Iron Cage now available at Amazon

This is a fun Steampunk anthology from Dark Quest Books.  My story is set in the Yucatan Peninsula, between the two time-lines of Mayan December.  Drop by and pick one up!  This is the ebook version, a print version will be out soon as well.

“Cracking the Sky” will be out in May in the anthology “No Man’s Land.”

This story was inspired by a trip to the Army’s TRADOC Mad Scientist conference last year.  No Man’s Land is a military science fiction anthology written entirely by women.  NEWS:  It can now be pre-ordered at Amazon.com.

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