April 3, 2024

My family and friends call them “Bruce Books,” in voices that are filled with love and despair and a desperate need to flee the room before I press copies in their hands. If they make the mistake of taking a book, they know I will turn up in a corner of their bedroom some night…

March 20, 2024

Near the beginning of Veilpiercer, our plucky hero Cabalynne takes an elevator into the bowels of a secret complex hidden under the Denver airport, joining a group of employees who will be disassembling obsolete equipment for giant tech corporation Arrgle. Chapter 4 begins: “Fifty Recyclopath employees were led into the Arrgle complex through a maze…

March 14, 2024

Congratulations! You finished the first draft of your novel or memoir. Everyone has a different writing process. Some authors forge ahead as they write their first draft, never looking back, putting notes aside about plot points that will need to be cleaned up later. I’ve heard there are others (cough) who obsessively read the work…

March 9, 2024

Meta is taking us forward to a world where augmented reality glasses are well understood and useful. “You’re crazy!” I hear you say. “Meta has moved on. Mark Zuckerberg looked foolish when he talked about the ‘metaverse.’ He claimed he was investing in the long-term future of AR but all he did was throw billions…