The Story Behind “Luminous Matter”

Today, my first-ever short story was published, with Havok. It’s called “Luminous Matter.” If you’re reading this after June 18, read the story on the archive page but you’ll have to become a member (and it’s a no-brainer;...

Half-way Point

I recently hit the half-way point in the manuscript for my work in progress, a sci-fi novel about deep space travel. Half-way at least in terms of expected word count. I’m not yet to the second half of the story. So this could mean a longer final word count, or...

Sixteen Hundred Seventy Three Words Per Day

I officially embarked on my novel-writing journey in November, through a nationwide challenge called National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short. The goal for NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. This was the first time I had attempted it,...