June 26th, 2023 My writing life has been a mostly lonely one. I’ve written about my longing for more collaboration before (and my lack of true mentorship); an unfortunate personal lesson I’ve duly taken to my tiny, black heart is, at the end of the day, I am the only person I can rely onContinue reading “Cold World: Creating the (Snow) Cover”
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Cold World: Communication & Understanding
June 20th, 2023 I was working at my first adult serving job when a woman sat down in my section and radically changed my perspective on people. Applebee’s was the catalyst for this revelation. See, I worked at Chili’s. And this woman wanted — nay, was compelled — to tell me about a terrible restaurantContinue reading “Cold World: Communication & Understanding”
Happy Release Day to Mad Uncle McGillicuddy!
June 17th, 2023 I am beyond thrilled to be able to wish my pal Shaun Thibodeau a very happy Book Release Day today! I am so proud of him and what he’s accomplished with his debut; he’s one of the kindest dudes I know, which makes complimenting him as an immensely talented writer so easy.Continue reading “Happy Release Day to Mad Uncle McGillicuddy!”
Cold World: Faith & Spirituality
June 16th, 2023 “It’s not that I don’t believe in anything. I just haven’t found the thing that makes sense to me yet.” That’s how I usually answer the question of whether I’m religious or believe in God. The formal term is agnostic; I learned that the difference between being agnostic or atheist is thatContinue reading “Cold World: Faith & Spirituality”
Cold World: Loss & Grief
June 14th, 2023 Cold World was the first time I explored the loss of my mom in fiction. I do it here, on the internet, all the time. Your responses to that type of writing has ranged from “this is exactly how I feel, thank you for writing this” to “this makes me very uncomfortable,”Continue reading “Cold World: Loss & Grief”
Building a Cold World
June 8th, 2023 I am not God, but I do spend a whole lot of damn time creating life. Sometimes I’m constructing the lives of animals, or inventing superheroes with superreal problems, or dreaming up a boy who feels more alive when he sleeps, or designing the future on a planet that never thaws. SoContinue reading “Building a Cold World”
How To Be Kind & Think For Yourself
June 7th, 2023 I was going to write about something else today, but Elliot Page has a new book coming out and I’ve been watching his insightful interviews and I want to talk about how we decide to be decent people. Sometimes, more than often than I’d hope, somebody around me will say something disrespectfulContinue reading “How To Be Kind & Think For Yourself”
MinnesotaCon ’23 Recap
June 4th, 2023 My brain is like wet cotton candy (colorful and structurally unstable), but I want to thank everybody for this weekend, and tell a sweet little story about how what we do, every day and anywhere, matters. First, the gratitude: two high fives and a giant hug to everybody who came out toContinue reading “MinnesotaCon ’23 Recap”
SKP 2023: Cold World
June 1, 2023 A year ago, I released a novel about Earth, 200 years in the future, that has only one season: winter. This month, we talk all about it. Cold World has a science-fiction lens, but that’s not its focal point at all. It’s a story about a whole lot more, including spirituality, loss,Continue reading “SKP 2023: Cold World”
Platform of Pain
May 19th, 2023 If you would have told me when I was a kid that I would eventually build my life on hurt, I would have told you that you say really weird things to kids. But you would have been right. I was having a recorded conversation with a friend earlier this week (forContinue reading “Platform of Pain”
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