I’m going to start this blog off by saying that I’m privileged to be on good terms with my immediate family. That being said, I won’t be seeing them on Christmas Day this year. It was the same last year, too. It’s only because I live a few states away from them and it’s important … Continue reading “Chosen Family Holiday”
I’ve been on TikTok for a while now and have gone mildly viral there for two types of videos I’ve made. The first time I went viral was making videos featuring a shark hand puppet ambushing me with metal songs. The second time I went viral was making videos talking about Skyrim, one of my … Continue reading “The Wizard and the Algorithm”
Makena In Mongreltown is not only my first attempt at shorter stories here, but it’s serving as a showcase for all the people who pledged at the Make-A-Mongrel tier for my Kickstarter to reprint Volume 2 (which is now for sale with all my other books in the Store). Benjee the farmer, Augustus Facejob, the … Continue reading “The Return of Louie the Garbage Man”
I’ve been thinking about this a lot with the holidays coming ever nearer, and my nine-year-old son looks forward to the annual visit from Santa Claus. Obviously, one of these days we’re going to have The Talk with him about who’s really leaving his presents under the tree, but I don’t think it’s going to … Continue reading “Santa Is Real”
Traditionally I’ve always taken a week off during the winter holidays and sometime during the summer. This year I won’t be doing that for the winter holidays, nor will I take my annual week-long break during the summer. I will, however, be taking regularly scheduled week-long breaks between anthologies. I have this current story to … Continue reading “No Winter Break This Year”
Makena committing to the first restaurant he sees and feeling weird about leaving after realizing he can’t eat a thing is not a far-fetched idea because this very thing happened to me. Many years ago my wife and I were trying to decide what we wanted to do for dinner. I forget what exactly she … Continue reading “It’s All Meat!”
Much of the goodwill I’ve built among my readers over the years is thanks to my willingness to be open and honest, giving you folks a glimpse into who I am as a person and into the things going on in my life. In that spirit of honesty, I’m going to ask for your help … Continue reading “I Could Use Your Help”
Today is my son’s ninth birthday! It’s pretty wild to me that I’m the father of a nine-year-old. Who’s in the third grade. Who is far smarter than I was at his age. He may be smarter than I am right now. Every year with him is an adventure but for some reason I’ve been … Continue reading “The Ninth Birthday!”
This past week saw the release of a new album from Andre 3000, one half of the renowned rap group Outkast. Lots of folks were hoping for a rap album from him after so long away from the studio, but he released something altogether different and unexpected… an instrumental album composed almost entirely of flutes. … Continue reading “Andre 3000’s Flute Album”
At the end of the most recent blog, where I spoke at length about my excitement for Makena, I concluded with teasing some of the new ideas I’m excited to share in this new anthology format. Today I want to tease those ideas a little more in a kinda-sorta “preview of what’s to come.” The … Continue reading “What I’m Looking Forward To”