From the archives, a photo of me dating from 1980. I’m a brand-new writer, with a three-book deal but nothing yet in print. In this photo I’m in England, researching the Privateer books. (The librarian at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich was a great help.) In another year or two I’d ditch the spectacles and […]

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 […]