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Phew. Well, we’re well in it now, and in between panic attacks I’m starting to feel a little more normal. Settling in. My town closed its hiking trails…

Apr 6

Hey, folks. Hanging in there? Getting some sleep? Staying hydrated? Exercising an abundance of caution? Limiting news dumps? Fantastic. Good job. I wok…

Mar 28

Teach your cat to play skeeball Pretend you're a character in the Aubrey and Maturin books; this will make the monotonous diet seem more fun. Use hoard…

Mar 26

Because everything is better with a Tom Waits reference. Hey, folks. Well, today, I’m not doing so great, as I made this mistake of reading an article …

Mar 24

Hey, folks, Here’s a moment to breathe. In, out, in again. Check in with your body. Think about the weight of your body pressing you down into your cha…

Mar 20

Hey, folks, I’ve been working on the page proofs for Machine, which are now a week late due to apocalypse delay, and (sadly) cancelling my guest of hon…

Mar 19

Hey, folks, It’s been a week or two, hasn’t it? It seems like over the past seven days, everybody who hadn’t already realized that a Major Problem was …

Mar 18

Hello, folks, First up, The US cover for Machine has been revealed, and it’s a doozy! The full post is up over at The Book Smugglers (a fantastic site)…

Mar 17

Hi, friends. First things first, apparently my novel Dust (Jacob’s Ladder #1, first book in a series that takes place several hundred years before Ance…

Mar 16

Hey, folks. This is not going to be the suddenly-obligatory How To Work From Home opinion piece, because I’ve never personally found working from home …

Mar 15

During apocalypse, cover art still shows up. As a brief distraction from building a fortress out of ramen noodles, I offer the UK cover art for MACHINE…

Mar 12

Hey, folks! Everything is going on here and not much of it is “news,” I’m afraid. Spring is arriving ahead of schedule and the cats are thrilled by the…

Mar 4

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