Constantinople

Do you love geography?

One of the best things about being a fiction writer is the ability to set stories literally anywhere on earth, in space, on other worlds and in world that never existed outside of your own imagination. For me, that means I can choose a setting at geographically interesting places. I’ve always loved maps. I must […]

It's written! The new Dark Age novel

This is an announcement I once thought I would make three years ago. Then, two years ago. Then last year. But better late than never, right? So here it is: I have finished the first draft of the second novel in the projected Dark Age trilogy. I typed FIN at the conclusion of the final […]

Writing can go fast, and then you run headfirst into a wall: how did ancient people live? What did they eat? What kind of clothes did they wear? What were their houses like? This gets more challenging the more obscure you get, particularly when you’re dealing with pre-literary cultures. I’m deep into writing The Triumph […]