Contract signed, so I can announce that my short story "An End Worthy of the Bards" is coming out in the next issue of BULLET POITS Magazine. Don't know the exact publishing date yet.

Men! Can you name a woman who was a role model for you who wasn't your mother or grandmother? For me it's Mae Jemison, Jane Goodall, and now Christine Koch. What about you?

Ooooh! Artemis II launch livestream! www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

Daikaijuzine is now open for submissions for our September release! daikaijuzine.org/guidelines

So hey, the co-pay on the new drug for my asthma jumped from $250 per dose to $700.

I don't know. It just seems to me that antisemitism and Islamaphobia are thoroughly baked into American culture.

Eid Mubarak to my friends who celebrate!

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Y'all need to read this amazing short story by Blaize M. Kay published in Phanos: www.phano.com/articles/end...

Wrote up about my accomplishments and goals, writing-wise, for 2025 and 2026. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

The December 21, 2025 release of Daikaijuzine is now LIVE! Check out five amazing tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction! daikaijuzine.org

It's the final prompt of the year! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Second-to-last prompt: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Celebrating the second Sunday of advent by drawing my 50th story prompt of the year: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here we go again! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post is all about me, of course, and how I'm caught up on my short story writing! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I'm behind on my stories as usual, but I fully intend to catch up this week. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Plenty of writing this week, but I'm still behind on my short stories. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Taking a break from my social media hiatus to announce my blog post for Prompt No. 45: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post mutters at you: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Looking into Celtic folklore for my new novel, and there is SO MUCH TO LEARN and it is EXCITING!

Stupid shoulder still hurts, and stupid brain still braining its bad thoughts. But here's this week's blog post and prompt! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

It's the 42nd week of the year, which means my 42nd prompt is here: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I'm still in a depressive funk, touched with anxiety and stress, and I even considered not drawing a prompt this week. But I did! And here it is: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Blogged this evening: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Daikaijuzine is now open to submissions! daikaijuzine.org/guidelines

This week's post: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

The wee little zine that I run!

This week's blog post and writing prompt is here: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here's my blog post/prompt for the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Feeling a wee bit maudlin for my writing tonight, but I drew a prompt anyway! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Wrote last week's story, drew this week's prompt: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

All right, I've written thirty-three short stories so far this year, using prompts I've generated with the Story Engine deck. Here's the prompt I drew for story number 34: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Taking a break from a cryptically-announced social media break to share my new blog post: My friend was right: I'll be rolling up Romance as a sub-genre until the Universe determines that I'm comfortable writing them. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

A short little blog post, because my migraine is killing me right now. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

YOU! You writers of vast historical fantasies, epic in scope, numerous in words and pages, and so on... HOW DO YOU DO IT? I've a hankering to write an epic historical fantasy involving Caribbean pirates and pre-Revolutionary America but have no idea where I should start resarching. Thoughts?

This is a wonderful story, and everyone who believes they are and always will be able-bodied (spoiler: you won't be) should read this:

I've written thirty stories this year so far! So for Week 31 of the year, I've drawn my 31st prompt. So here it is: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

A couple of years ago I wrote a short story that spoofed the so-called redemption arc, and today I sold it! It won't come out until next year, but I must say I'm pretty chuffed!

In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be like Superman. Be punk as fuck.

...In which I decide to write a historical story (and curse a little bit). underpope.com/bloginomicon...

In which I am prompted to write a science fiction mystery involving an AI and a wormhole and time travel: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post, which has some thoughts on writing romance short stories (spoiler: it's hard!). underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Submissions for the December release of Daikaijuzine are now open! www.daikaijuzine.org

Prompt of the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Meanwhile, here's my blog post for the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Woo hoo! I got the latest release of my wee little 'zine out the door, just in the nick of time! daikaijuzine.org

"The trouble seems to be with your transmission," the mechanic tells me. JK Rowling, screaming from outside the service station: "WHAT KIND OF MISSION?!!?"