When is Book 3 of Reassembly Coming Out?
Just thought I'd give y'all a quick update on book 3. I know you're chomping at the bit, and believe me, so am I. Book 3 is called Ship Show, and in my estimation, it's the best yet. As the…
Anti-Elementists Spark Debate As To Whether Humans Are Really Carbon-Based
Whitney Edgerton remembers the first time her science teacher, Mr. Ross, talked about the periodic table of the elements. At the time, she says, she was young and naive, willing to accept the fundamental building blocks of the universe as…
Dystopian thinking and the social divide
Like any good sci-fi, The Cytocorp Saga takes elements of our present and projects them, perhaps cynically, into the future. Recently, I ran across two separate TED talks that speak to themes in my books. But they're also related to…
The Old-Timey, Metaphor-Laden, Inspirational Presidential Speech We Could Really Use Right Now but Absolutely, Positively Will Not Receive
Ever watch old speeches from back in the day? Even the mediocre orators were still pretty good, and they really knew how to get a crowd riled up. No matter what era you most long for or which side of…
On the launch of Dome Six and the Cytocorp Saga
Dome Six, book 1 of the Cytocorp Saga, is officially out in the world. Nearly two years of my life has been spent developing and writing this story world and there's much more to go. As it begins the long,…
Update on the Cytocorp Saga
If you subscribe to the many-worlds theory of quantum mechanics, then there is a reality in which I kip out of bed at exactly 5:02 a.m., walk the cats, drink a bacon smoothie, eat a stack of buckwheat pancakes, rejoice…
… In Which I Am No Captain of Industry
A few weeks ago I played in this interclub golf event. The matches are on Tuesday afternoons in early summer, which should tell you right away that the men involved are not generally desk jockeys with an 8 to 5.…
My secret formula for stopping a cold in its tracks
I've had the cold a lot in my life. More than most, I'd say. I hate being sick, which is why I've spent a fair bit of effort to figure out what works and what doesn't. I also hate most…
What an 82-year-old man taught me about ‘lifelong learning’ in 2018
I used to work at this little liberal-arts college in Wisconsin called Ripon College. Great little school with awesome people. One of their most-used phrases when talking about the value of a liberal education was that it supposedly engendered "lifelong…