I have a short essay up over at The Nerd Daily about my decision to try and be a writer later on in life and about all the catch-up I had to play for that to happen. There are many paths to writing, but the one piece you can't avoid is reading. And I wasn't … Continue reading Starting the Writing Journey…late
I'm going to try and aggregate together the various podcasts, streams, and essays that are or will be coming out in connection with THE PHLEBOTOMIST. If you are curious about my writing process, publishing journey, and/or the book itself, it should all be here! UK Launch Event With Angry Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=03A1bVOaqbo&feature=emb_logo US Launch Event with … Continue reading The Phlebotomist Launch Events/Interviews
My good writer friend Dan Hanks and I are doing a couple of virtual launch events for our Angry Robot releases on September 8th! Since Dan is in the UK and I'm in Texas, we have scheduled them to be convenient for both time zones, although folks are welcome to attend both! UK Event Link … Continue reading Virtual Book Launch for THE PHLEBOTOMIST
The Molotov Cocktail publishes a unique brand of short fiction that, to me at least, stands out from the crowd. Most is horror tinged, but always with emotional heft, and a solid dose of heart. In addition to their regularly scheduled issues, they also run four themed-contests a year and then publish an anthology with … Continue reading Molotov Cocktail’s Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 5
Greetings fellow...Pandemicomrades? Pandemaniacs! Er, fellow Pandemic-pals? Pandemons? Ooo, that's a winner. I have a one minute, fifteen second video up on Angry Robot's Youtube channel where I briefly discuss my soon-to-be-released debut novel The Phlebotomist. I hadn't yet lost all desire for hygiene and self-care when I filmed this little vid, so just know: things … Continue reading A Quick Video Introduction to THE PHLEBOTOMIST
If you are a reviewer, book blogger, booktuber, bookstagrammer, bookseller, etc., you can now request THE PHLEBOTOMIST through NetGalley. "Another reason why I loved this book is it's nothing quite like anything I've read before, a medical dystopian mixed with a sci-fi element that felt scarily plausible on so many levels...Overall, a fantastic novel written … Continue reading The Phlebotomist is up on NetGalley!
Even the title of this piece can't help but sound both woe is me and Chicken Little, but even so, these lamentations are probably more justified now than at any time in recent memory. When have so many different forces coalesced to bring on both crippling anxiety and existential dread? Sure, there were periods when … Continue reading Writing Through Guilt as the World Falls Apart
When I heard that HBO was going to do His Dark Materials, my response was a combination of joy and relief. Joy, because, well, Lyra's tale is perhaps my favorite story of all time, and relief because it meant I could erase from my mind that travesty of a film from 2007 staring Dakota Richards … Continue reading His Dark Materials and Its Brilliant Use of Color
From time to time I make a journal entry to document the course of my fledgling writing career. I imagine it might be helpful to be able to look back and observe how experience has changed me. These posts could also be useful for other newish writers experiencing the same challenges. They will read it … Continue reading Book Promotion: This is fine
My debut novel, THE PHLEBOTOMIST, comes into the world on September 8, 2020, via Angry Robot Books! In a near future where citizens are subject to the mandatory blood draw, government phlebotomist Willa Wallace witnesses an event that makes her question her whole world. To recover from a cataclysmic war, the "Harvest" was created to … Continue reading Announcing THE PHLEBOTOMIST
