Maybe you’re one of those few writers who have infinitely supportive friends and family?  Your family doesn’t need constant attention.  They don’t see writing as some kind of threat to your love for them.  When you say you’re going to write they wish you well and never once call out to you to check something

Sometimes you get a rejection letter that just makes you want to quit.  I usually don’t stress about query letters that get rejected.  I spent a lot of time perfecting my most recent query letter and I’ve gotten good response to it.  It’s the rejections you get after the agent requested a partial or a

A article over at the Singularity Hub made me think of one of my short stories, so I thought it might be a good excuse to publish it.  The article is called Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse?  The premise is simple: as automation and robotics advance will we have enough jobs for the people

One of the problems with power to the people is that a lot of people don’t have anything interesting to say. For a long time I avoided Twitter, afraid that it was riddled with insipid, ridiculous micro-posts.  When I finally got on there I found out I was right.  And completely wrong. It didn’t take

This is one of the first short stories where I got it right in my Universe.  It’s a simple premise but one I still love.  It revolves around early posthumans called Leptics who no longer need to sleep.  In a time of economic crisis, the Leptics get hired and the people who need to sleep

Over a decade ago, when I set out to create my future history of the world timeline, I realized I needed to figure out what drives technological advances, in order to try and predict the  future.  It didn’t take long to realize that the twin drives of sex and war spawned or accelerated much of

I’ve always loved fierce woman and that’s reflected in my characters.  In my latest work I set out to create powerful woman warriors, so I naturally turned to the rich mythologies of India and Greece to provide my templates.  My main character, Jovanna, is crafted after the Indian Goddess Devi and one of her most

This is a short story fragment that I’ve always liked but never been able to finish.  I just couldn’t find the right story to fit around it.  I may have just found a use for it in my latest book.  But then again, I’ve thought that before.  Either way, I’ve always loved it and hoped

Writers read a lot of books about writing. Over time the collective wisdom of these writing books builds up and helps add to unconscious competence.  A book by itself won’t make you a better writer.  It’s as simple as that.  Only working diligently at the craft makes you a better writer.  You read to learn,

This is a first in a series of articles that shows how technology I’ve imagined in my writing will change the world, speed our evolution and prove essential to our survival.  First off, with some exceptions, I haven’t invented all of the tech in my work.  Sci-Fi, as a genre, draws on many sources.  Often

This is an excerpt from my first novel, THE SCORPION GAME.  Read the first chapter below!  You can also download the PDF version here. In 2458, on a continent sized starship with its own atmosphere and an entire civilization churning inside, the poor live in rotting organic cities and the rich live in massive orbital

Imagine if the Buddhists could experience Buddha’s epiphany under the Banyan tree or if Christians could leap inside Christ’s head as he changed water into wine?  The followers of ancient religions can only read about their savior in brittle books, but by the mid 2200s, nanorecords allow the followers of the prophet Amadeo to experience