It’s 3:30 AM and my wife is asleep and I need SOMEONE to know that the universe just pranked me. Taking my dogs out because Zelda had to pee, and when I closed the sliding door behind me, there was a slug on the INSIDE of the handle, so that I couldn’t see it until after it clung to my finger. 🤬

A novel project from among the 7 has risen to “should finish” status. 20k words in on untitled work “grimdark cyberpunk apocalypse,” which I guess means I have a type 😭

Me out here every day trying to decide if today’s news is bad enough to get involved and risk my mental health.

I’ve been thinking about this for a very long time. I come from the school of “push through it,” but it’s clear to me in my older age that I have some neuro-divergent diagnoses lurking within. I’m a bit scared to pursue official diagnoses. Any 30+ adults with experience - good or bad - to share?

Let’s talk about 18 year old Matthew Silverstone, who was killed by a white supremacist child (radicalized by the likes of Charlie Kirk) on that same Wednesday. Let’s mourn him and give him all our social media oxygen instead.

So basically it’s our job now to forget him as fast as the right forgets every assassinated school child

It doesn’t matter who shot him or how much we abhor violence. Men who instigate violence for personal gain and then become subject to that violence themselves are NOT martyrs.

Hi! I released an album and it would mean the world to me if you gave it a listen and followed me on your favorite music platform of choice. open.spotify.com/album/35bq4q...

Well, after a three day road trip from Maine to Missouri, one thing is clear: we live on a giant, beautiful piece of land. We’re lucky to have it, from the coast of Maine to the hills of PA to the sunset on the plains of MO. We need to be better stewards.

I think I have mentally started 3 separate novels on this road trip. Should I go high fantasy or space opera with my next book? I can’t decide 😭

So I often get restless legs and or weird night anxiety and can’t sleep. Among the perks of being in Maine is the ability to go down to the dock and enjoy stars. Snapped a couple phone picks an hour before dawn. Pretty sure the bright one is Venus, and you can see Orion near the tree.

Getting ready to play my first round of golf in a year - I am terrible and this will be terrible, but the Belgrade Lakes course in Maine is incredibly beautiful so it’s all worthwhile.

It is Day 3 of The Suffering after I slept on my shoulder wrong 😑. I’m only 40 but does this qualify me for an early access AARP card?

There comes a time… in every man’s life… when he receives significant injury to his person… because he slept funny.

I’ve been editing short stories of old and working on a new one after almost 10 years out of the game. Is it normal now for half the pro-paying magazines to be almost never accepting submissions? It feels like something seismic has changed while I wasn’t looking at these markets….

You can take my em dash out of my cold dead hands

The greatest tongue in the universe

Today is the beginning of the weekend, a time for relaxing and recharging and RUSHING TO CRAM AS MUCH IN AS POSSIBLE BEFORE MONDAY.

Welp, thanks to Romantasy for finally getting Barnes and Noble to put science fiction and fantasy on their own shelves

One of the perks of being on a lake: when the dog has an urgent 5 am bathroom outing, it comes with incredible views.

Road trip night 2: there is no room for Greg at the inn.

Road tripping

My dogs, and millions of other proud canines, stand ready to serve in the cleanup

Rural Indiana McDonalds has a hiring sign up - paying $13 an hour. We got a long way to go but this is a pleasant surprise in a red state.

Ahhh, just saw my time traveler romance “Time Is An Ocean” was podcast on @strangehorizons.bsky.social! @emmiechristie33.bsky.social’s narration is so good! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

My wife normally feeds the dogs in the AM but is out for the weekend. I tried to feed Juno her kibbles and a little pinch of cheese but she just stood there, barking, alternatingly at me or at her food. I had used a plate since her usual snuffle mat was damp in the washing machine… 1/

Definitely surprised how strongly the Trump admin is coming out pro child-sexual-abuse in 2025… www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

Worst thing about the Gen AI frenzy is we already have an existential threat that is killing us: climate change. And we are distracted from that by a fundamental misunderstanding of Gen AI, created very intentionally by wealthy hype-men who want to get even more wealthy.

AI is not about to become sentient. It is not on the cusp of AGI. It is not revolutionizing your life. It IS transferring wealth to our technocratic ruling class. Stop buying into the hype just because someone smart looking said gravelly words into a microphone. mashable.com/article/appl...

💙📚 Someone asked me this today, and it STRESSED ME OUT enough to make this handy graphic that I will save on my phone so that this travesty of a conversation never happens again. #booksky

I just realized that this is why I’m not a billionaire. I can derive pleasure from activities that don’t involve amassing wealth or ruining lives.

If this moral code is “woke” to you, it’s time to re-evaluate where your morals are coming from. Thanks to Gunn’s Superman for giving us a superhero movie for the year 2025.

Okay last #BluePit post! Thanks everyone for all the mutual writerly love. Anyone curious about my #P (out or forthcoming work), here’s a link to the first book: bookshop.org/p/books/colo... If you’re curious about the forthcoming Neon Citadel, follow me here for upcoming calls for ARC readers!

Well, #BluePit has been a blast. I’m off to dinner, will probably be back for one more pass through some amazing pitches before bed. You’ve been an inspiration, gang. I think today I finally caught the thread for my next new novel. Haven’t been this excited to start something in awhile!

MAD MAX meets FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST in BLACKBLOOD, a diesel-fueled dystopian/fantasy about grief, revenge, and redemption #bluepit #bluepit📖 #ya #p #f #LGBT #ov

FRINGE+SNOW CRASH Arc 1 has a missing persons problem for the first time since programmable gene-hounds. SA Julius Weaver assembles a team to investigate, but this weird-science case has bodies at the end. Including his if he’s not careful. On Amazon: tinyurl.com/537w2jv6 #BluePit #A #P #SF

Hey #BluePit - is this a good time to do a cover art reveal for the Neon Citadel hardcover version? Why not! #P #A #SF #cyberpunk #TechNoir

The best praise from a kind and wise beta reader. Five or six more months of #querying unlocked! #BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #A #LGBT

One of the best things about #BluePit is my feed being totally stacked with amazing reader and writer types. Let’s be friends, amazing writer types! AND amazing reader types!

So excited for this! @books-that-go-boom.bsky.social writes such fantastic, innovative cyberpunk; you never know which direction it's going. He follows through with both concept AND execution. #bluepit

#BluePit💥 time again! Read #TheTitan: the Mad Max shoujo you didn't know you needed! Manic pixie Ren hires genetically- engineered cyborg hunk Ansel Dune to take her on the worst road trip ever. 400 miles. 3 days. *Very* close proximity. titancomic.net #A #R #SP #TR #OV #comedy #drama

DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL x THIS WILL BE FUN x NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST A punk barista and a long-lost princess must save a video game world that's been cursed by an authoritarian dragon, and sugar, they're going down swinging. #BluePit #Q #NA #SFF #R

It's #Bluepit time, great for all the aspiring storytellers out there, and awful for me, a reader, to see everyone pitch their amazing stories that I can't read NOW. So if you're an author and I added you today, it's because I want to follow your career and read your work when it becomes available.

NOTHING MORE TO TELL X AGGGTM Lennie doesn’t know what happened the night her ex-bff went missing but she does know one thing: it’s always the boyfriend. #BluePit #Q #YA #M #agentguide

When marine biologist Josie Lark returns home temporarily to support her pregnant little sister and save Pelican Cove's coastline, unfinished business with her first love – Will Mercer – threatens to turn her carefully planned escape into a reason to stay. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #A #R

Hey #BluePit - is this a good time to do a cover art reveal for the Neon Citadel hardcover version? Why not! #P #A #SF #cyberpunk #TechNoir

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #SF #LGBT When a synthetic angel fails to kill an AI god, he realizes he must stop the other rebels from succeeding, because taking down the gods means taking down all of their creations with them.

🕷💋PRIDE & PREJUDICE meets X-MEN -FMC cursed to kill anyone she kisses -Thief MMC with a heart of gold -Fake dating -Haters to Lovers -flirty insult matches -obligatory wet shirt scene -1900's Los Angeles -Mexican-American romantic leads #BluePit #BluePit📖 #SPEC #HS #R #POC

ATLA X BRIDGERTON A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer. #BluePit📖 #F #A #Q

GODKILLER X BONE SHARD DAUGHTER A desperate heir. A disgraced warrior. A deadly assassin. 🏹 Strong FMC 🏹 Rich Worldbuilding 🏹 Hunt for Redemption 🏹 Cyclical Trauma 🏹 Found Family #BluePit 📖 #A #Q #AmQuerying