My workspace. Love being able to look out either of my windows and see the trees, very inspiring and calming. Another shot of my desk and chair. The wall behind where I sit has this awesome cloth tapestry of the desert and a stormy sky. I love storms, so...
A little something from the heart from our friend and brother Todd ~ Jon "We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one." —Doctor Who Change is hard. I've been in the story game, in one capacity or another for about thirteen years total. Most of you...
ALIENS (1986) Where the first Alien movie was pure SF horror, the second was a straight-up military SF action flick. It was probably the most seminal influence on my teenage brain when it came to storytelling and how to do human drama and action beats. You had a...
What follows is a snapshot of the typical conversations Bryon Quertermous and I have just about once a week. They are an ever-shifting, topic hopping nightmare to translate, but damn are they something I’ve grown quite fond of. In the spirit of Bryon’s June 14, 2016,...
A few years ago, I discovered that I don’t like practicing law any more. I used to love my work and my clients. But the days are gone when providing legal advice is a service. Now, it is a business, and a cutthroat one at that. In order to do something about my...
There are three stories that stand out in my head from my time as writer in residence of a high-security male prison. The first is when I met a man who wrote the most beautiful poetry in immaculate sloping script. X was rather frightening to look at but when you spoke...
