As a writer, writing more books is what I do. With more books comes more exposure. As part of my newfound self-advocacy, I’m going to share where I am, where I’ve been, and where I’m going with my writing career. Where have I been? I often share that I started to write sci-fi when I was just 9 years old (1981). By then, I had seen Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers – so
It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off. I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998. It began with a scene out of classic epic fantasy: A lone sorcerer in flowing robes, staff raised, throwing his power around. It wasn’t long before there were more scenes, more characters, and a story that itself would evolve numerous times. In the early 2000s, I hired my first editor. She
Banning books and other arts does harm to us all. Why did I only just learn about Banned Books Week? That doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I would like to share some thoughts I have on this topic. Both as a writer and reader, I am totally against banning books. Censorship of this nature is specifically targeted in the name of “protecting” children or some such – but that’s never the truth of
The arts bring out the best of what our world can be. The last few years have been extra crazy. Between the pandemic, increasing political partisanship, the growing lack of kindness, compassion, and empathy among our so-called leaders, and markets gone haywire – the world has felt more and more oppressive. Through it all, however, lights continue to turn on and offer more options and opportunities. And many of those lights are centered around the
After I reach “the end” of a project, it’s time to work on the next. I just finished writing the first novel in my new Savagespace sci-fi saga. There are 6 total novels plotted for this series. With Alliances done, there are 5 more to go. Not counting my non-fiction – this is my 16th finished novel. While 12 have been published – 2 are now waiting to be sent to an editor, Alliances needs
That depends on the situation and the questions asked. Storytelling has been my passion pretty much all my life. Informally, I started telling stories when I was very, very small. I still remember – when I was probably 4 years old – sitting at the windowsill in our living room. But in my imagination – it was the pilot’s seat for my starship. The window was the viewport to the wonders of the galaxy I
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