I’m coming up on the first awards season in my life as a published author, and I find myself doing an audit of sorts. It’s been an arduous journey, one that felt endless at times. . . .
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I’ve just returned from a short trip to Europe, and along with my recent tour of museums in Vienna and Munich, a couple of recent articles have me thinking about political art. The first is “A Painting for a World in Collapse” by Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine. . . .
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Last weekend I went to a truly inspirational limited-run exhibit. I’ve tweeted and talked about how Sherlock Holmes was formative to me as a reader and a writer, and so . . .
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There’s been a slight change to the publication date for THE SLEEPLESS and unfortunately, our collective wait is going to be a bit longer than originally planned. . . .
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2021 was a stellar year in books, both in terms of the amount of new works produced this year, and also in my sheer fortune in getting around to older works. I’ve always made it a point to . . .
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I’m so pleased to share with you all the final cover for The Sleepless. It’s designed by Brooklyn-based artist Dana Li, whose immense talent has produced such a stunning portfolio of book covers. Dana really captured the book’s vibe, and I hope this cover haunts and unsettles you all as it does me….
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The 79th Worldcon, or more formally, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is going to be held in a couple of weeks, and I’m so excited to be attending. It’ll be my first time and . . .
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Are you ready to stay up all night—forever?
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I love a good period room—where architecture, interior design, the visual arts and sometimes even music all combine to provide an immersive experience,
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Jumping off of my post about the upcoming NaNoWriMo, I’ve declared this year’s project, and it is a retelling of a classic novel. NaNo seems like a good time to do a retelling, since the source material provides a ready plot and characters—
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One surefire way to get me to pick up a book is by telling me it’s a locked-room murder mystery. And if it’s set in space? Well, then I’m sold twice over. That’s the premise of Tade Thompson’s new book, Far from the Light of Heaven, out 10/26. . . .
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It’s about that time of the year again, and no, I’m not talking about spooky season—it’s almost NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. Each November, thousands of writers band together as a community to create . . .
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They say it couldn’t be done, but Apple tried anyway. Apple TV+’s latest offering is an adaptation of Foundation, Isaac Asimov’s seminal science-fiction novel series. If you haven’t read the books, I highly recommend them. Golden Age SF . . .
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This weekend was the grand opening of the new Polonsky Exhibition at the New York Public Library, and I simply had to check it out as soon as possible. As I’ve written before, the NYPL branch on Fifth Avenue . . .
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More so than many other aspects of writing craft, there seems to be a shortage of guides on how to write a good sex scene. I’ve mostly learned via osmosis, taking notes from works that I liked, . . .
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Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout follows Kobo, a baseball talent scout who turns amateur detective following the gory, public death of his brother, baseball superstar JJ Zunz. It’s a propulsive ride . . .
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A nonexhaustive list of things I’ve done in the last few days to avoid editing my draft: played through the newly-launched 4X game Humankind (and lost as the hybrid Franks-British-Swedes); had a five-martini dinner with a friend . . .
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I recently got my copy of the Dictionary of Philippine Mythology by Ferdinand Blumentritt, a new translated edition of the 1895 Spanish original that until recently was very hard to find and access. This edition is comprehensive, containing . . .
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