Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have noticed an increased amount of UFO sightings over the last few years. In my opinion this is due to everyone having a camera in their pocket as well as those said cameras having increasingly better lenses. It’s been happening so much, in fact, the Pentagon…

Anyone with half a brain will tell you life is weird but if they have any thoughts going on at all they’ll also tell you it’s cruel and beautiful at the same time. That it’s unfair, magical, and finite. I spend a lot of time in children’s parks because I have a two and a…

At heart, I’m a sci-fi writer. Jo often says to me, “Why don’t you write a romance novel?” Uh, no. I grew up on a steady diet of Total Recall, Aliens, Predator, Star Trek, and Star Wars. When I think about writing another novel that won’t sell, I think of these weird sci-fi ideas I…

For the first time in several years, I’m feeling a bit blocked and need a break. Writing this blog everyday ain’t easy, freaks. In the past several years, since June of 2020, I’ve exclusively worked on novels, so this is all new. Also, I missed a post yesterday. Ugh. Mother’s Day was hectic. I’ve got…

I’m sure many of you are unaccustomed to the tyranny of a toddler, but at some point have heard some exhausted parent speak of having to watch the same cartoon ad infinitum. Yes, children become laser focused to the point of pure insanity and are somehow able to watch the same damn cartoon over and…

Imagine this. Something bad happened–extreme drought, nuclear war, all of the above–and now the entire world looks like the stretch from Wilshire Boulevard between 18th and 12th. Trash blowing, storefronts gone, the glass behind the shuttered safety cages broken. The occasional glow from a fire lit inside where the forgotten huddle to keep warm and…

“Do you want to talk more about bartending?” “No. Not really.” “What about last night?” “What about it?” “It was really busy, right?” “Yeah, I got slaughtered.” “What does that entail?” “Shaking lots of drinks.” “C’mon, man, there has to more to it than that.” “Ugh. I don’t know. I mean, yeah, there’s running out…