October 25th, 2025 Signed paperback editions of Maple Island have been shipped to everyone who loves me the most, who ordered the book sight unseen during the presale, some of whom have been supporting me and my art for decades (go ahead and brag in the comments how long you’ve been here). I would likeContinue reading “Notes on an Island”
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A Prude’s Guide To Reading Maple Island
October 23rd, 2025 My new book Maple Island has spicy scenes that would make Sean Evans blush. I know some of you may be concerned about that so I made a video with three simple hacks to help you out. Get Maple Island on my website.
Maple Island: Official Playlist
October 20th, 2025 If you know anything about me, you know how much music means to me. When I’m not making it, I’m listening to it, talking about it, sharing it, obsessing over it, consuming it whole. It inspires and infects everything I do. That includes my books. (This goes back to my very firstContinue reading “Maple Island: Official Playlist”
Just Can’t
October 16th, 2025 It’s been five whole years today. I just can’t. I’m doing totally normal things to cope: keeping myself so entirely busy with school and clubs and work and my writing career that I see “burnt out” tiny in my rear view mirror, now that I’m several towns past. When we lose someone,Continue reading “Just Can’t”
Fallcon 2025
October 11th, 2025 “I love this community so much.” I lost count of how many times I heard people say this over the weekend, but what’s one more: I love this community so much. Thank you for having lunch with me, for inventing candy tea with me, for talking Alien and Dune and Tron withContinue reading “Fallcon 2025”
Maple Island: In Production Now
October 7th, 2025 In fiction, vampires need to consume human blood in order to survive. In reality: it only gets them high. October 1999. Burnsville, Minnesota. The Church of Virtue on Maple Island Road is the meeting place of two contrary groups of vampires: the Chamber of Commerce, a powerful political organization of active vampiresContinue reading “Maple Island: In Production Now”
The Blame Game
September 25th, 2025 There has been so much nonsense this week that I personally don’t believe deserves addressing. But as the dad of an autistic child, I do have one thing to say. I know it’s our fault. It’s our fault that we created and brought this one-of-a-kind person into the world. It’s our faultContinue reading “The Blame Game”
The First
September 20th, 2025 Hey, pals. I have this sinking feeling that there are quite a few people who might misunderstand the First Amendment, but have no fear: if you read only one post about the Jimmy Kimmel situation this week, make it this one. (I will keep my personal feelings separate but will also disclose:Continue reading “The First”
Goosebumps & Shivers
September 19th, 2025 I love learning about who and what inspires the people who inspire me. Which is ironic, because it always makes me feel bad about my own inspirations. I’ll read an article about a critically-beloved writer in NYC and they’ll say something like: “I grew up in an extremely cultured household. I had readContinue reading “Goosebumps & Shivers”
Picking Cherries
September 16th, 2025 I don’t have to say anything about Charlie Kirk; then again, I don’t have to say anything about anything at all, and yet I keep writing here anyway. Right away, I want to make two things I believe clear: 1. I don’t think anybody should be murdered, and this particular incident wasContinue reading “Picking Cherries”
The Den 