People love to talk about - and condemn - fiction as "escapist," suggesting that consuming it is emblematic of some sort of weakness....

I'm about a third of the way through this project, which means it's time I once again spoke obliquely about the content of this latest...

Here is this month's selection of free Medium articles for your perusal. These are friend links and won't count against your non-member...

It's funny how real life can inform a work of fiction. One of the problems facing the protagonist of this story is the intrusion...

You get a blend of feelings when you're working on an essentially doomed project. On the one hand, it is certainly liberating - no...

All the things I've written about this project, and I've yet to say what it's about. I'm keeping mum about this for a reason, but I can...

It's amazing how easy this project has been so far. Even when I'm stuck on everything else I try to do, and I'm bashing my head against...

So you may have noticed that there wasn't a "Successes and Failures" post for last month. Actually, you probably didn't as no one reads...

When people write fiction that's heavily inspired by their own life experiences - a technique commonly known as roman a clef - the usual...

I've been keeping a diary in-character as the central player in this project. The entries are very short - blurbs more than anything -...

I have a problem. I seem to be addicted to failure. A few years ago I said that the final revision of The Fabulist would be the last big...

To most would-be authors, there are only two routes to publication - get an agent and go for a big publisher or self-publish. But there...

Continuing from previous months, here's the rundown of my successes and failures for May. Short Fiction This month, I made 7 submissions...

So Henry Kissinger has emerged from his perch in the deeper shadows of history to remark upon our current situation with China: Former ...

Continuing from previous months, here's the rundown of my successes and failures for April. Short Fiction This month, I made 7...