During 2016-2020, I wrote a few stories in my Patreon reacting to the events around me. I decided to unlock one of them that I read at events that folks have been asking where they can point people to it. I decided to just unlock it here, as it’s not included in any of my…
Category: Life Log
Passing through a shifting world, ghostlike
I was excited when I last updated the blog in May. The semester was over, and I looked forward to jumping into two very large projects. One is personal, the other the current novel. Things did not go as planned. The utter exhaustion I was working under was not apparent, but as I tried to…
My Long Covid brain fog beater: low-dose Naltrexone
About a year ago a student of mine who had to take a break from studies due to Long Covid sat down with me to compare what they’d learned from a Long Covid clinic. Let me back up. After I got Covid, while the worst of it faded, the fuzzy, logy, hard to focus mental…
The Tentacled Monster Here is Racism: Lovecraft Country Episode 1
HBO PR reached out to me about seeing Lovecraft Country, first episode dropping tonight. As a mixed race SF author I have a complicated relationship with Lovecraft, but the trailers intrigued. Mostly Black cast? Black writer-producer? Yes please! Check Lovecraft Country out not just because HBO gave me a goody bag and a free view,…
My First Month of Locking Down in a Small Town
I’ve spent a month doing my best to help my community and prepare my household for Covid-19.
I Was the Author Guest of Honor at Capricon 40!
I had the honor of being the Guest of Honor at the science fiction convention Capricon in Chicago just a little over a week ago…
They Say There’s No Room for Immigrants While Desperate Rural Towns Lie Empty All Across the Western World
Here’s a thing I keep noticing, and it drives me nuts. In Italy, a ship captain is arrested for bringing immigrants to shore after rescuing from them near death at sea: The number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores has drastically diminished – just 2,800 so far this year – and the country is now led…
The Weight of Living in Two Places at the Same Time
Traveling a lot for a job opportunity can be exhausting and bewildering.
Whole New Site, Whole New Look
So each year I have made a promise to myself to blog more, or use this site as a better center of all my activities. And each year I failed.
Looking Back at 2018
It was an intense year. There was death in the nearby family, alarming political events, and much much more that were a great weight on the year. I am glad it’s over. And I know that I am not the only one to feel that way. Professionally, though, I had an amazing year. That made…