So I’m now well into Heaven in Flames, the third book in the Metropolitan sequence. I’m confronting the normal problems of writing a sequel: how much of the backstory to reveal at any given moment, working out how the characters may have changed, and— after a gap of 25 years— how well I remember what […]

Someday I may catch up on my sleep. Until then I’ll just cut and paste from Nancy’s Facebook wall. More quotes from Taos Toolbox: “I want the details about how Grandma got wrapped up in vines.” “I cannot picture a ‘godscoop’ non-hilariously.” “Every dystopia needs a good investigative reporter.” “The time between the candy dish […]

I’ve spent the last week at our new, undisclosed location, teaching with Nancy Kress at Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy. This year is actually the workshop for 2020, 2021, and 2022, due to repeated postponements due to the pandemic. Kudos to those accepted for earlier years who hung […]

So quite a number of plans have gang agley in the last days, so I’ve been putting out fires— nearly literal fires. Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, starts this weekend, and has been held at the Angel Fire resort for the last decade or more. It’s a deluxe […]