The Glassman Audiobook Finally Coming Out! Sept 20, 2024!

Took a year but it finally got here. Available on all audiobook platforms, The Glassman will be available on Sept 20, 2024. Narrated by Alejandro Antonio Ruiz. Listen below for a 9 min snippet of the book: The snippet is also be available on the front page of this site for future listeners. A free... Continue Reading →

Another One Bites The Dust – Or: The Case of One Who Thought He Was Truly Ineffable

So, another writer acting badly: Neil Gaiman. Given his usual demeanor and the company he tends to keep, such as public-groping, all-around vicious person Harlan Ellison, the rapey and abusive China Mieville, the glowering racist and acidic person Amanda Palmer, and bra-strap-plucking Isaac Asimov, I'm none too surprised that something like this is out. Even... Continue Reading →

SFWA – Publishing Taught Me: Nothing Really Changes, Just the Tech & the Lingo

Note: SFWA did a Publishing Taught Me for BIPoC writers call a while back. This is what I wrote. They didn’t go for it lol: Since 2020, there has been a brand-new awakening across the world in since the murder of George Floyd and the protests that ensued after. White institutions and organizations finally found... Continue Reading →

SWFA Nebula Conference vs. WriteHive Conference: Is It Worth It?

A couple of weekends ago hosted two conferences for writing: SFWA Nebula Conference (which also includes the Nebula Awards)June 6 - 9In-Person/Virtual Hybrid$150 to attend ($125 extra for dinner), Scholarships to waive costs available WriteHive ConferenceJune 7 - 9All VirtualFree I had a scholarship for SFWA Nebula Conference and I was slated for two panels... Continue Reading →

Join Me at WriteHive – The Free, All-Digital Writing Conference (June 7-9, 2024)

Click the pic to go to the site Today opens registration for WriteHive, an all-digital conference for writers. It's in its fifth year and I will be on two panels: Historians on History in Fiction War and Long-term Effects of War in Fiction The conference will be ran through Discord and videos will eventually be... Continue Reading →

Beep Boop Beep: Error Report – Or “Spotify, Findaway Voices, AI Audiobooks, and the Problem of it All”

Firstly, what a wild ride it has been from the Hugos cocking up yet again because gotta love bullsh#ttery. Nice to know I'll super never be able to win a Hugo, either because they hand out awards to writers of color like Scrooge hands out charity or if I even get on the ballot (I... Continue Reading →

Latinx KidLit Book Festival Auction! Runs: Feb 5 – 16

Auction for a chance to have my stuff! Or pick my brain! I have donated books for Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, which runs Feb 5 - 16. Here's what you win if you participate in the auction! Signed copy of The Glassman, with clear, glass-like page holder, custom guitar pick and sticker. Signed in blood... Continue Reading →

Caveat Emptor | For Ko-Fi

Caveat Emptor “Caveat Emptor” is basically Latin for “Buyer Beware”. Long post, ahoy! All for Ko-Fi, woo. I have available on my Ko-Fi a goal to go to South Korea so I can work on Soaring, my sci-fi/fantasy alternate history series. This series has been in the works since I came up with the idea... Continue Reading →

Year of Submissions: Year ??? – I’ll just say 2023

Woo, year of submissions. I’ve done these posts in the past but since going more indie, I submitted to others way less and less. There’s almost no point in doing so when it feels like I have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than getting a story accepted because racism in spec fic... Continue Reading →

What I’m Reading

First and foremost, both The Glassman and Dreamer are available as free ebook giveaways for Prolific Works' group giveaway "Hidden Magic". Get them before they're gone. Also, I am expecting a galley-in-proof of an upcoming anthology about the global water crisis penned by Black authors from around the world called Yemoja Tears: Water, Bodies &... Continue Reading →

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