I've been thinking a lot about the "joy" since the Nebulas. Sally was the one who really nailed that for me in our all-too-brief sit-down together. We talked about my struggles lately, and she was right to point out that the joy was missing. I mean, like most...

Game of Trones is dun. Tonight's episode was 🤷‍♂️ By itself, it would have been astonishingly bad. Taken out of context, it would be like "...how is the the same show?" But IN context...it was the result of the horrible choices they made...

I went to the Nebula Awards dinner tonight. I...really enjoyed myself. The group I was with didn't win any of the awards they were nominated for. Unfortunately. But, I still enjoyed the speakers and the speeches, and generally just the celebration of artists by their...

I sent off my Story Grid Editor certification materials today. Whew. I hope they like them. Taking a break tonight from writing StoryGenius 3000. I'm really, reeaalllyyy tired. After sending off that 19-page document, I probably could have slept for the rest of the...

If you could write any story, Gary, what would you write? I dunno. A good one? What kind of question is that? I didn't mean to upset you. Who's upset? I just don't understand why you'd ask me a question like that. Any story. I'd write all of them. As long as they were...

There was no keyboard. Gary sat on the floor, cross legged and hunched, surrounded by packing foam that clung to his ratty clothes like snow. The StoryGenius 3000 too sat on the concrete floor. It looked like an old TV, the kind from a century earlier, with the...

It came on a particularly shitty Tuesday. A simple brown box. No markings. As advertised. It was smaller than Gary had expected, barely shin height, and it was two days earlier than the promised delivery date. "You gonna sign for it?" Gary closed his mouth. He could...

Damn. I scratched my eye, I think. It's all red and weepy rn. Hard to see and type. Le sigh. I had a solid day today. I'm working the building again, which definitely threw me out of sorts a little bit...but honestly, it was totally fine. Bear, you set me up for...

Man, Game of Thrones tonight. Oof. Won't say more than that. Have to cut this one short because it's sleepy time, and I have a long day tomorrow, but I think I've learned something watching how they're ending this show: write a story, especially a long epic one, at...

Entry number 2,019. In the year 2019. Crazy. This entry will never happen again. Well, I mean, obviously this entry will never happen again because we're not repeating numbers here 😛 But, I mean, it will never happen again where my entry number lines up with the year...