The future is nigh! FUTURE ARTIFACTS: STORIES will be out in just ONE MONTH on May 17th, 2022 via Apex Book Company. You can pre-order a digital or print copy here or pre-order the audio version here. Future Artifacts collects eighteen short stories of war and resistance, many of which were previously only available to Patreon subscribers. A timely theme these […]
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE EIGHTEEN: In this episode: FUTURE ARTIFACTS news! Deep dive into spring garden prep at Hurleyshire, books I’m reading and
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE SEVENTEEN: In this episode I’ve got book updates, a question from the mailbag about writing character heights, a deep
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I’ve crawled up from the end-of-year doldrums and am working to get back on track in the week ahead. The new year brings with it some new and old challenges: the first being settling into a new day job and the second being (yet another) looming deadline on LOSING GRAVITY (sobs). I start each morning
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE SIXTEEN: 2022 has arrived, and I’m here for it! Let’s talk about what to look forward to this year,
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Tis the holiday season, when the days grow shorter and many of us are compelled to curl up under a heavy blanket and sleep until mid-January when the light returns. I blame Darwin. Through a bizarre and serendipitous series of events, I’ll be starting a new day job next week (yes, yes, I still have
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I’ve spent this week in “aggressive self-care” mode. I took the week off the day job and spent the first three or four days of it just reading in the hammock and sleeping. I’m off booze through at least the end of the year, and limiting myself to two cups of coffee in the morning,
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Tonight at 7pm I’m in conversation with spooky gore emperox Cassandra Khaw. We’ll be discussing their latest novel, The All-Consuming World. This one was a little brutal even for me, which tells you something. I blurbed it thusly: “This is Khaw at their most raw and unrestrained. Prepare for a wild ride.” Reserve Seat I’ve also
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August has arrived here Ohio, and with it – some warm, dry glorious weather. The birches have begun shedding their leaves. The ground hogs are foolishly invading the yard to eat the heads off my sunflowers (and losing their heads to the dogs), the hornets and I continue our chemical warfare, and the frogs are
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Singing along to “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” while thinking about next Nyx story and patching up a pair of gardening shorts. Thinking about how the way back to mental health after this last year in particular and four years generally is a slow one but progressing. I have a lot of respect for
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