( Published Books and Short Stories )

To quote the Sheriff of Nottingham from "Robin of Sherwood", after he was stung by a billion bees and got into the sting-soothing bath: "Oh, the relief!!"

Draft -1. SF short story. All the scenes are there, though there are bits of them that still need to be written out. It's about 11,400 words - looks like it'll end up at something over 12,000.

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism (The Good Men Project, April 2015). If you're white, like me, this spells out some of the assumptions you've absorbed from the surrounding culture. It's US-based, but much of it applies to Australia. Come to think of it, a lot of it applies to feminism as well, with the ( Read more... )

Working on a short story and making a complete hash of it. Went back through my collection of print-outs and hand-written notes on how-to-write advice for a most helpful refresher. Here's some of the stuff that's still up online, plus stuff from Writing With Color, a Tumblr bursting with useful information ( Read more... )

Keeping Mum, short story, 4800 words (published by Cosmos magazine online, March 2016)

Set and the Goddesses, essay (submission for A Silver Sun and Inky Clouds: A Devotional Anthology for Djehuty and Set)

Strange Flesh, novel (redraft)

The Pyramids of Mars, essay (for Obverse Books' 'Black Archive' series)
(I actually sent this off on 2 January 2017, but it really belongs here. :)

Absorbing the knowledge and wisdom of many writers and editors here at Conflux. Equal parts intimidating and inspiring ( Read more... )

Oh, my gods.

Of course, then come rewrites. And then more rewrites.