My Website Keeps Meeting People Before I Do
Leading with the books: why the blog is moving to Cortical Drift.
Daniel Verastiqui
Science Fiction Author
Writing
Half a Page in Oslo: Why Every Book Gets a Second Goodbye
This is the epilogue, beautiful friend.
Writing
A Look Back at Novlr
The best writing tools are the ones that get the hell out of your way and let you write.
Books
My personal recession indicator? My TBR pile now lives in my Amazon cart.
Things are tough all over. Prices are up, wallets are thin, and in homes across America, TBR piles are quietly migrating to Amazon's "Saved for Later" section.
Fatherhood
My son is voting for Ken Paxton, and that's on me
That thing where you wait too long to tell your kids about monsters, and the monsters find them first.
Fatherhood
Stories I Tell My Daughter: The Snowman and the Flower
Waldor wanted nothing more in his life than to see a beautiful flower. Where he lived, it was always cold, and flowers never had a chance to grow.
Fatherhood
Stories I Tell My Son: The Strawberry Farm
Once upon a time, there was a dragon. In this dragon's ear was the biggest strawberry farm you've ever seen.
Writing
Which Would You Choose? Synthetic or Cyborg?
President Duke argues that anyone who transferred into a synthetic body stopped being human the moment their original brain died. I've been thinking about this argument for years, and I still can't find a hole in it.
Only the Quiet Remains
A farewell to my friend and canine writing partner. If you've recently lost one of your own, this one may be worth skipping.
Essays
A/S/L, Says the State of Texas
Thirty years ago, you could answer that question with whatever lie you wanted. That was what made the internet awesome.
Flashes From the Verse
HJ Talks to AV
Technology has grown far beyond the cookie-cutter experience of your grandparents and into a realm where knowledge rules and strength is no longer determined by the size of a man’s muscles but by the size of his brain.
Friday Footnotes
Friday Footnotes - 6.26.26
Welcome to Friday Footnotes, a new series intended to fill the void when I've spent too much time writing fiction and too little time writing a new thoughtful blog post for you.