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- Thoughts on Taylor Swift (a vlog!) November 5, 2025
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- “I saw a UFO once….” November 2, 2025
- Dispatches from Planet Monti! November 2, 2025
- “People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’….” November 1, 2025
- MASS HYSTERIA!!! October 31, 2025
- Something for Thursday (Oooooo! edition) October 30, 2025
- Tinkering under the hood…. October 30, 2025
- I remember those! October 29, 2025
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Meanwhile….
Hey! New stuff on the Official Site! In this case, a case study on characterization from the great old comic strip Calvin and Hobbes*. And if you’re not paying attention over there, you should really start because pretty soon I’ll … Continue reading
A Very Public Service Message
I’m heading into what will almost certainly be a very busy couple of months, in terms of writing: it’s time to get going on prepping The Wisdomfold Path for publication, and I’m also going to keep working daily on Lighthouse … Continue reading
In OTHER exciting news…!
I’ve posted a brief excerpt from The Wisdomfold Path on the Official Site! Go check it out! Go! Do it! Do it NOW!!
Book news!
…over at the Official Site. Check it out!
A peek inside the toolbox
I’m sure you’re all just dying to know what my current tools for writing are. Wonder no more! Head over to the Official Site and find out!
Neil Simon on how to finish a day’s work
There are a lot of other videos from this same interview on YouTube; I plan to watch a bunch of ’em this weekend. Hat-tips to Mark Evanier, where I first saw the video, and Roger, who notified me of its … Continue reading
Openings
Hey! Want to read the opening paragraph of GhostCop? Here it is! (You may need to click through to embiggen.) I’ve written about eighteen dozen variants of this opening, which means that I’ll almost certainly change it again. Openings drive … Continue reading
I hate you, Les.
I stopped reading Funky Winkerbean a while back, because it just got too…too…how to put this…the people in it are all assholes. But I still catch it on Sundays because we get that paper, so now I know that Les Moore … Continue reading
Dee-oh-enn-ee!
This round of edits on The Wisdomfold Path is DONE. D-O-N-E. Now I just have to do a couple of formatting things, and then the book is off to get itself proofread. Meanwhile, time to make a pass through the … Continue reading
Base Touching
I’m cranking through edits for The Wisdomfold Path right now, hoping to finish this weekend. I’m also starting to kick around ideas for a second series of books in the same universe. I figure I’ve got a galaxy to play … Continue reading



