I've just returned from Nebula Conference and this moment was a highlight: the photograph of SFWA past-presidents in attendance. From l...

Just a flower about to burst into bloom on the lanai. I was told it was a form of orchid. To be sure, it's an epiphyte, but I'm not ...

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is all about Ideas. How do you write down or remember those great ideas that you get mid-shower/dream...

This week at the SFF Seven, we're asking: how do you know who to trust with your writing, especially early drafts and idea bouncing. ...

Story starts in darkness, in the cracks of the self. In nightmares and in dreams. Story starts in everything I believe I hate. It starts in ...

Y'all, I just turned in The Book I Thought I'd Never Finish. Does that one count? No? Okay. Projects I want to work on: 1. For a d...

Tis the season for conferences and their contests again. Thus it is also the season for volunteering to judge for a few of those contests. T...

Where Do I Get My Ideas? For the high-concepts of stories? From my over-active imagination that is stimulated by life. The mundane morph...

Last week I attended SFWA's Nebula Conference and got to meet our 2018 Grandmaster, Peter S. Beagle. I legit teared up when we talk...

Remember junior high when you learned (vaguely) how to write a research paper? You were told to pick a subject, begin your research and ke...

I have an idea! I have many ideas. I have enough to keep me writing well into my 90s when AI will suck the wavelengths out of my brain and ...