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Why does the multi-genre, multi-timeline, sweeping novel speak to today?

Jan 19

Quick thoughts on Game of Thrones, the Mongolian Empire, and putting chaos in your worldbuilding

Jan 11

Or an attempt to turn my video game time wasting into a newsletter

Jan 5

Looking back at 11 months of Counter Craft

Dec 30, 2021

Can we get rid of the "plotter vs. pantser" binary already?

Dec 14, 2021

Why are we more comfortable talking about output than art?

Dec 8, 2021

Quick thoughts on the impossible-to-pin-down nature of genres.

Nov 25, 2021

MFAs don't have nearly as much influence--malign or beneficial--as people think

Nov 18, 2021

Thoughts on embracing the unreality of fiction and the storyteller voice in the autofiction age.

Nov 14, 2021

I recommend recent books by Perceval Everett, Jo Lloyd, and Yuri Herrera

Nov 11, 2021

The author on revision, humor, and taking the big conceptual swing

Nov 5, 2021

One way to the tackle the problems of inserting magical beings into real-world history

Oct 28, 2021

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