novelist . playwright . screenwriter
.you have to admit, it d be the perfect disguise. I ve finished writing a bit early today, so I thought I d order a cupcake and stay a little longer, to write you all about how it s going. I ve found that rare Dublin café that s airy and roomy you can whip out your laptop and work for a [ ]
One of my “gentle home tasks” during my break was to put all my diaries in chronological order. All during the time I was on the road, I was so anxious about having my diaries in storage dating back to 1992 sitting there for years, wrapped in fireproof blankets and sealed in watertight bins, but in god [ ]
Hello everyone. I hope you ll forgive me if today s round-up is a bit anemic, as I m recovering from a bad flare-up of nerve pain (which is why I m writing this from the couch). What precipitated it? No idea. I think cervical stenosis/kyphosis is just going to be a chronic issue. It sucks. But it s okay. [ ]
GUESS WHAT. My Workshops for the Age of Emergency have been selling out, so the lovely folks at Night School Bar invited me to create a new course for them. Et voilà, a writing workshop that blends two of my greatest passions: genre literature and improv. Wait, IMPROV? Yes. For those of you who don t know, I [ ]
July 13 is my birthday. I’m now 45 years old. I’m very happy to be here, for lots of definitions of the word “here,” including “this time in human history,” no matter how challenging it is. I know beliefs are many and various, but I like to think that I really wanted to be here, [ ]
This past semester, one of our assignments was to collaborate on a new project with another student. I was thrilled to be paired with Cassandra O Neill, a brilliant and resourceful visual artist whose work I d been digging all year. We met for months, and then finally, for our mid-semester exhibition, revealed our work which we d been [ ]
I asked for help last month, and you answered, in spades. Within a week, through a combination of donations, merch purchases, and advance payments for commissions, consultations, and workshops, I was able to buy a car. She s a 2023 Hyundai Kona EV. I took the bus down to Galway to buy her, and, through the [ ]
Blonde wood palace was the phrase that came to mind when I first moved into my rental in Sligo, because all the woodwork is a lovely golden color. I m feeling especially settled here because I finally, finally, finished unpacking and that included hanging up pictures, like the painting you see on the wall behind me. I [ ]
Last week, Jason Lloyd at Issues of Science and Technology interviewed me about the process of writing my new story Golden Rule. It was a great conversation, and pushed me (in a good way) to articulate things out loud that I hadn t quite brought to the surface for example, that it takes place in an alternate [ ]
Artwork by Rey Velasquez Sagcal. CW: mentions of rape, abuse, intimate partner violence. ~ Whatever violent crime you commit against another person, will be committed against you in turn .but you never know when. That s the premise of my new short story, Golden Rule. I ve had such a good time collaborating with the folks at Issues in [ ]