Twinmaker went through a lot of drafts. I have nineteen different files stashed away, plus three different openings, three different endings, and numerous alternate takes on individual chapters. Characters came and went, names changed, themes rose to the surface or were trimmed back . . . yet somehow, through it all, the book stayed the […]
Trigger warning: suicide. (Some would argue that every d-mat story is triggering . . .) People commit suicide using d-mat all the time. Or at least, they try to. In theory it should be easy: just step into a booth and send yourself nowhere. But what does “nowhere” mean? Data doesn’t vanish just because it […]
There have been many distractions keeping me from Hollowgirl this week, and all of them have been good! First up, news this morning that I’ve sold a new Twinmaker story to Clarkesworld, one of THE best SF markets around. “The Cuckoo” will appear in their April issue. I’ll post a link when it’s up. (There’s […]
The other day io9 ran a six-word story thread to which I was compelled to contribute, because why not? Harder than a haiku, particularly when at least one of the words has to identify your story as involving matter transmitters. As of course all the best stories do. So here’s what I wrote, tweaked a […]