I owe myself a post about the new year (and looking back on the last year) but before I do that, I need to mention that my story, “The Last Gorgon”, is currently up and available to read on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. I’ve been a fan of BCS since it started and it has long been a market I’ve wanted to crack. I’m very proud to have a story up there now. This was also the story I read at the World Fantasy Convention last year in San Diego. While several of my stories draw on my long time love of Greek mythology, none as much as this one. It’s a great start to the year.

I will be attending the World Fantasy Convention in San Diego from October 27-30. For those interested, I have a solo reading scheduled on Saturday, October 29 at 11:30 AM. I will also be participating in a group reading for The Way of the Wizard at 2:00 PM on the same day. If you’re at the convention, I’d love it if you would come by. Either way, it would be nice to meet new people and reconnect with old friends.

Now that I have the signed contract, I can mention that I recently sold my story, “The Last Gorgon,” to the wonderful online magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies. I had BCS in mind when I wrote the story – I’ve been wanting to break in there for a while – so I’m really happy about this. I’ll post an update when the story goes up.

I got word late last night that my story, “Holes” (formerly “The Burning Bridge to Heaven”), is now online in the latest issue of Abyss & Apex. I wrote “Holes” a while ago, and it’s nice to see it finally seeing “print”.

This comes as I’ve just begun contemplating another story of Damon Hawking and Julia Sinclair in the Unusual Circumstances division of MI5.

If you take a look, let me know what you think.

Like every year since 2009, I am doing the Clarion West Write-a-thon this year. The idea is simple – you sponsor me and my writing goals, and the money goes to support the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Clarion West made me a better writer and every year it makes other people better writers. The way I look at it, it’s a way to invest in better fiction in the future. Participants of Clarion West do pay tuition, but much of the money that supports the workshop comes from efforts such as this one.

This year, because I have a diverse set of projects I’m working on, I’m committing to writing five hours a week. This writing will likely be devoted to revising short stories in an effort to get them out, writing new short stories, and working on novels.

I know that there are plenty of places that you can donate to, and never enough money or time to go around, but if you love science fiction and fantasy, if you read genre fiction, please think about investing in the writers of tomorrow.

My page is here – please consider donating some money to the workshop.

Thank you.