How We’ve Become Creatures of Chance
March 2025 newsletter: I’m as happy as the next person to blame my parents for my assorted (minor) character flaws. And after doing genetic testing, […]
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The Aliens Among Us
February 2025 newsletter: I’ve followed Star Trek since the original series. Yes, I fantasized about Spock, not Kirk—don’t judge. What appealed to me most was […]
The Literary Art of AI
November 2024 newsletter: I’m an early adopter. Mostly. I’m all for new tech, as long as it doesn’t make me work too hard. This mindset has […]
The Driver’s Seat and Genre
October 2024 newsletter: Confession time: I read outside of the speculative fiction genre. Sometimes, whole series at a time. I know, I’m probably the Amazon algorithm’s […]
Breaking the Fourth Wall
September 2024 newsletter: I was working on my new urban fantasy novel yesterday when the fourth wall snapped on me. It was odd enough I was […]
Multiverse? Multi-pffft!
Mid-August 2024 newsletter: Don’t get me wrong, I love ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ and ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’, and most every other […]
Is the Universe Conscious?
August 1, 2024 newsletter: I’m always coming scientific concepts that I’ve touched on in my books. The idea that the universe is conscious was a […]