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An Americano in Australia

The difference between interstellar space and a good cup of joe. Continue reading

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“Pushaway” published in the anthology Subversion

My story “Pushaway,” which tells the story of how my character Esti Gusev grew up in a toxic religious community on Mars, has now been published in the anthology Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm, edited by Bart Leib. Continue reading

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Writing life: Politics short-term & long-term

There are several cool things I could do tonight of a (contemporary) political nature, but instead I’m going to work on my story involves a different kind of politics, in a society that governs itself by consent. Continue reading

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My story of 2009

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-29: A NaNoWriMo winner

Think deep, not kneejerk. Here’s a v. good question from @joshtpm: In politics, why do we believe what we believe? http://bit.ly/7qggBp # Sitting down for last bout of #nanowrimo writing: ~3272 words to write. Check back in a couple of … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-20: Enjoy your cookie

The real deal on Wheeler report commissioned by Sullivan & thugs: History has proven Begich right ( Alaska Dispatch) http://bit.ly/1wRcgG # Halcro on AGIA & Palin’s common sense re: economy: “it’s commonly known Palin doesn’t possess any.” http://bit.ly/4fmesh # Shannyn … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-19: return to NaNoWriMo

Paliban (not to be confused with Pal-Qaida): a new coinage at the Urban Dictionary http://urbanup.com/4376789 # @okiave Yes. But Twitters RT doesn’t permit editing to add comments & RTs done through it don’t show up in other clients. So… a … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-02: Vai watches me write

My cat watches me write. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-01: NaNoWriMo 2009 kickoff #2, the midnight write-in

Kicking off NaNoWriMo 2009 with a midnight write-in at Denny’s. I was writing some Long Dark material about a data trader whose arriving, for the first time in her life, on a planet (Earth). I reckon she grew up in the asteroid belt. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-10-31: "Cold" published at Crossed Genres, & other writing projects

My story “Cold” was published in Crossed Genres, & I’ve got other writing going on too. Continue reading

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