Works In Progress

What? Why are you pok­ing me? CAN’T YOU SEE I’M WORKING? No? You can’t? Okay, then. Here’s what’s going on:

• Hack to the Future, my monthly col­umn for Star­burst Magazine, is still going strong. In it, I review movies, books, games and report on enter­tain­ment trends from the future. If you’re look­ing for spec­u­la­tive fic­tion about the world of enter­tain­ment which is yet to come, this is where you’ll find it.
• The Secret Lair is on the path to world­wide dom­i­na­tion. I have three pod­cast episodes wait­ing for edit­ing plus work­ing on my own weekly col­umn for the site. We’ve had some strong posts of late, includ­ing Dr. John Cmar’s essay about Comic-con, James Kovach’s review of George R. R. Martin’s A Dance With Drag­ons, David Moore’s series about build­ing a ray­gun, Natalie Metzger’s ongo­ing Overlord’s Note­book comic, and my review of the Chrome­book. We pub­lish an arti­cle every Mon­day through Fri­day; sub­scribe and keep up with our shiny.
• Fat­man: Year One is the title of the book I’m writ­ing about my weight loss. Many peo­ple have asked me why I started, how I did it, and how I plan on main­tain­ing it. This book will explain all of that and more. Look for it in late October.
• I’m work­ing on an essay for an upcom­ing col­lec­tion about breast can­cer. It is a work for char­ity, and it is dev­il­ishly dif­fi­cult. More on this in a future post.
• The Tree of Lib­erty is the novel I promised at Balti­con this past year. Writ­ing is mov­ing slowly because of the research I’m doing. My plan is to get the first draft done dur­ing National Novel Writ­ing Month, edit through the win­ter, and have it avail­able in time for Memo­r­ial Day 2012, where I hope to do a read­ing at Balti­con 46. I’m tempted to make the offi­cial launch day July 4, 2012; we shall see if that comes to pass.

I’m busy, I’m happy, and I have a ton of writ­ing to do. This is awe­some. Note: The Cleve­land Triathlon is this week­end. I’m com­pet­ing, and fin­ish­ing will be the cul­mi­na­tion of a year-long goal. Wish me luck!

Tags: Hack to the Future, The Secret Lair, Writing