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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Many years ago, I wrote screenplays. This was while there was an actual spec script market in Hollywood, and at the time I had a mentor of sorts who reinforced that prospect. So I wrote. A lot. And as you…
Today marks the official launch of The Perfect Generation. But it's not just the launch of a book—it's what I hope to be the launch of a long and successful career as an author. The process of writing this book was…
Many moons ago, I worked for a Fortune 50 company. One of the two most odious managers I've ever worked with decided on day one that he didn't like me, and the feeling was quite mutual. Let's call him Barney.…
"He just mobilized the English language and sent it to war." So says a rueful Viscount Halifax moments before the credits roll in Darkest Hour, an account of Winston Churchill's installation as prime minister and the fraught initial weeks of his…
On December 9, 2017, I uploaded The Perfect Generation to Kindle Scout, basically a popularity contest to try and get a legit publishing contract through Amazon's Kindle Press publishing arm. I read enough blog posts from authors who had gone through…