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Today as all about the writing.

A song came up on my playlist today, an old 80s tune called Believe it or Not.

For the record, and you can quote me on this: Winter above the 43rd parallel is pretty miserable.

Now that I’ve finished Suave Rob 3, I’m diving deep into the next book in the adventures of Joss Kyle.

I posted the other day about writing through a nasty injury to my hand, and how every word hurt to type, but not as much as it hurt to not write.

Today is my first day back writing after five days away.

Snuck another half-shift working on Antithesis today, in between classes at a workshop I’m taking.

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Blogging Antithesis: Day 1 I wasn’t supposed to start work on Antithesis book 3 until I finished Suave Rob 3, but as I sat down to write this afternoon I found that recent events had pushed me into a distinctly Joss-Kyle-ish headspace.

—- —– Previous chapter: You CAN Fight City Hall —- —– I was beginning to think I’d never return to this series.

Updating after a woefully long absence… NaNoWriMo Every Month, the daily podcast about leveling up from a hobbyist to a pro fiction writer, has taken on a life of its own.

Time’s just about up to get Dark Justice, and if you like mysteries, this is one you don’t want to miss.

This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, Kitty flies solo!

The Dark Justice storybundle (which you can find by clicking on the link, or the banner at the top of this page, or the image at the bottom of this post) is entering the home stretch, and we’re still trying to spread the word.

Well, my new podcast about using NaNoWriMo to go pro is off and running over at NaNoWriMoEveryMonth.com.

Well, it’s that time again.

So, I’ve got a big book in front of me.

This is the final post in a series about how my recent search for the perfect pup perpetuted an intellectual penetration into the hidden and varied economics of the marketplace for dogs and puppies in the different regions of the west coast.

Last time we learned that the price and availability of dog breeds varies a surprising amount between Oregon and San Francisco.

Among the many things going on behind the scenes at AWP as I struggle valiantly to finish Antithesis 3 by the deadline, it has been decided (by those who know better than my inner philosophy geek) that The Antithesis Progression is a series that suffers f…

As will surprise nobody who read either He Ain’t Heavy (the most recent Lantham mystery) or Free Will (soon to be retitled: The Vindicators–see tomorrow’s blog post for details), I’m kind of a dog person.

Many of you supported me in a kickstarter a while back to create a full-cast audiobook of Gail Carriger’s excellent YA science fiction novel Crudrat and a quartet of her short stories.

As a writer, I have a problem.

After a consult with some other authors this weekend, I’ve been able to wrap up a multi-year project here, designing a spreadsheet-based system for sales tracking for indie authors and other IP professionals.

The Double-X Daredevil with a heart of adrenaline returns.

Attention, fans of Clarke Lantham and his twisty adventures: The first of two of this year’s Clarke Lantham Mysteries is now available for preorder at Amazon, Smashwords, Kobo, Apple, and a few others.

This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have a conversation on the beach.

Hola, Amigos!

This episode originally got truncated in upload.

Fellow Pod-People!

If, like me, you love writing, you may have noticed that, when you get to a certain point, writing isn’t just about writing (if it ever was in the first place).

This is just a general update of sorts, as much for my own personal mile-stoning as for anything else.

Free Will returns, this time, for good.

The Silent Generation (folks born during the run-up to World War 2) is dying.

This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have a conversation on the beach.

The Lombard Alchemist Tales is a series I’ve been working on for a few years now.

I am finishing up The Auto Motive tonight and tomorrow, and as I write, I face west.

Happy New Year, everyone!

There Are Some Things You Can’t Change It’s the New Year again, well, almost.

It’s been a while since anything hit the podcast feed, so a lot of you probably think it’s about bloody time–and I can’t say I blame you.

Think of this for a moment: Everything you know–your science, your technology, your popular art and culture, and your politics–are the result of thousands of years of technological failure.

Ladies and gentlemen, the state of our onion is strong.

Contrary to rumors that have been floating around, I did not, in fact, get swallowed by a giant monster crab under the streets of Baltimore at Balticon.

So, the illustrious Chris Lester of The Metamor City Podcast has graciously invited me to piggyback on his novel’s launch party to do a full-cast reading of a brand new Antithesis short story, Colombian Dark.

Since I am going to be at Balticon, with my camera kit in tow, I am available for photo bookings.

Hi, everyone!

Well, it’s official: I will be at Balticon, and I’ll be profaning the place with my presence on panels.

Attention Girls and Boys, Androids and those whom labels don’t quite fit: Crudrat is almost done.

Hey everyone– Quick update for you regarding the podcasts and where the hell I’ve been.

As it’s the birthday of Douglas Adams, lots of folks are tweeting favorite parts of his writing to one another.