The journal

December 1, 2016 · 89 words

Taos Toolbox: Day 1

December 1 is the first day to receive submissions for Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, taught this year by Nancy Kress and Walter Jon Williams, along with guests George RR Martin, Steven Gould, and Emily Mah Tippetts. And in fact applications have started to arrive right on sc

November 30, 2016 · 47 words

Index of Russian Lies

Via Bruce Sterling, an annotated index of Russian disinformation. Much of which seems aimed at demonstrating that the Baltic Republics never existed, spend their days persecuting Russian nationals, and only exist now because of a perfidious Western campaign aimed at President Putin personally. War by spring?

November 28, 2016 · 0 words

Summing It All Up

November 27, 2016 · 762 words

Paranoia Strikes Deep

So our new president-elect is the simultaneous choice of the KGB, FBI, and KKK. That’s gotta be a first. (Now I know that Trump supporters are deeply resentful of charges of racism. “I’m not a racist, and neither is Trump,” I hear. “He just used the racists, and fooled them into voting for him. (If […]

November 23, 2016 · 136 words

Sick of Being Sick

So I’ve been sick now with the Trans-Pacific Plague now for two and a half weeks, and I’m tired out. While the Plague was at its height, I barely slept: I would start to cough about 1:30am and would then cough nonstop till around 5am, the sort of thing that can pretty well ruin […]

November 19, 2016 · 1,525 words

On the Wrecks

During my week in Palau I did 25 dives, but after we shifted to Chuuk I did eight dives over the course of five days, all of them on Japanese wrecks from the Second World War. I was more than ready for the more leisurely pace. Doing five dives per day is work. Instead of […]

November 16, 2016 · 17 words

Another Fine Giveaway . . .

Tor.com, through Goodreads, is giving away three copies of my new novel Impersonations. Check it out!

November 13, 2016 · 95 words

Enter the Dragon

This just in . . . Most Famous Author in the World George R.R. Martin will be joining the Taos Toolbox faculty as a special guest! George was our guest for the very first Taos Toolbox, and now he’s consented to return for our tenth anniversary. We’re pleased and flattered to have him, even if […]

November 13, 2016 · 36 words

Review’d

File 770 has some very nice things to say about my Praxis series, Impersonations in particular. “Not only is this on my 2016 Hugo Best Novel shortlist, the series is on my Hugo Best Series shortlist.”

November 11, 2016 · 698 words

First Week Underwater

This week I’ve been knocked flat by a cold, not to mention by the American election, so I thought I’d try to cheer myself up by posting pretty pictures. Palau is known for the wild diversity of its dives. You can dive coral walls, caverns, and wrecks. You can get swept along by surging tides, […]

November 9, 2016 · 15 words

Oops

Well. That was unexpected. Apologies to the world in general. Hope we don’t all die.

November 4, 2016 · 203 words

Return of the Nitrox Cowboy

This is far from the best lionfish photo I’ve seen, but it’s probably the best one I’ve taken, on the stern of the depth charge wreck, described below. For the last four days I’ve been diving the lagoon at Chuuk, formerly known as Truk, in the Federated Republic of Micronesia. The lagoon is covered with […]