Short update. I was up rather later than I intended to be. You can hardly blame me, though—I found StarMade, which is like Minecraft with spaceships. I’m doomed. That’s just how it’s going to be. Here’s a consolation picture:

Iseabail’s line was originally1 supposed to be, “Nobody died and made you king,” but that variant of that phrase isn’t attested in print until some time around the 1980s, according to the one really vague source I could find. The … Continue reading →

I’m planning to spend this weekend’s writing time on some submissions for an online magazine (unpaid, but not much of what I do is paid). You shouldn’t expect a regular update on Tuesday—it’ll likely be either author’s notes on those … Continue reading →

In my writing notebook, I have an asterisk next to ‘ostensible monk’, with the note that it would make a good name for a Forerunner robot from Halo.

I know this is also a tiny update, which is a terrible way to reward you for my actual productivity this weekend, but presented with the chance to hang a second cliff in a row, I could hardly be expected … Continue reading →

I wanted to do a longer update than this, but, presented with the chance to hang an actual cliff, I could hardly resist.

This post looks shorter than it is, because it’s more narrative than dialog. Funny how that works. I hate to break in the middle of a paragraph, but I’m mean that way. Those Fearless Days is one of the titles … Continue reading →

Apologies for the short update—I had to do more editing in-place than usual.

At 30 posts now, this may be a very long-running story, but it’s long-running in a way that’s tough on readers (and one writer, too). One of these weekends, I want to sit down and really crank out a dozen … Continue reading →

Something happens! As a very early birthday president, skypirates collaborator and fellow flight simmer parvusimperator (of ) bought me the DCS A-10C, for which I will have a review one of these days. Keep an eye on your friendly local … Continue reading →