Archive - Words, Books, Chickens

Palace of Illusions Publishes Today!

Including some places you can come celebrate with me and also some musings on why I think I wrote this book

Jun 10 •

May 2025

Behind The Palace of Illusions: Five Fantastical Facts about The Paris 1900 Exposition

Real magic afoot in the City of Lights

May 10 •

Readers, Reviewers, and The Place Thou Shalt Not Go As An Author

As someone with a book out in less than two months (June 10!) I’m aware that the book is in fact already out there in the world, making the rounds.

May 1 •

March 2025

Palace of Illusions Updates

Free Stuff from Me to You and Upcoming Events

Mar 14 •

February 2025

Thoughts on the decline of thought in the face of social networks and then I remember...

...I have a book releasing this year

Feb 11 •

October 2024

Learning to Love Awkward Prose

The mistakes AI can't make are the endearing heart of writing

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

Oh, right, I'll have a book out next year....

Sep 4, 2024 •

April 2024

The Twitter is Dead. Long Live The Twitter

Why I've Decamped and Where I'll Wander to Next: An Excessively Long Answer to the Question "Where Can You Find Me Online?"

Apr 24, 2024 •

February 2024

Don't Do Your Best

And other phrases to horrify the overachieving former gifted child in you.

Feb 27, 2024 •

August 2023

Buyer Beware in the Age of AI Garbage

The most recent kerfuffle in the writing world and why it’s bigger than one crappy website

Aug 9, 2023 •

June 2023

"Write Every Day" and other useless advice

Schedules, intentions, and the blender of bad advice

Jun 27, 2023 •

April 2023

"Should we be worried about ChatGPT?" No, but I'm getting pretty darn annoyed.

In which technology yet again shows us who we are and we don't like it

Apr 20, 2023 •

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