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My Favorite Stuff of 2024 (plus a sale!)

Story Day: So You Want to Kiss Your Nemesis

Short Story: Where I'm From, We Eat Our Parents

New Book Reveal: WEARING THE LION

Why Write When Times Are Bad?

Revealing the Special Edition Paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In

New Story Day: A Taste of Justice

My Favorite Retcon (plus an audiobook giveaway!)

New Story: The Concrete Tenant of Room 313

Wholesome Sex: The Weird Dichotomy of Coziness and Sexuality in Fiction

My Favorite Retcon

Every Short Story I’ve Published This Year, Plus the Tuckerization Perk

Free Library Livestream Tonight!

New Story Day: "I'll Miss Myself" at Reactor

A Cover Reveal, a Readercon Schedule, and Invading Pandemonium Books!

Story Day: This Mentor Lives at Haven Spec Magazine

Story Preview: I'll Miss Myself

Coming to Minneapolis! And bringing stories.

Who Gets To Be The Hero In Our Stories?

New Story Day: "Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have" in Uncanny Magazine

Story for the Archives: 8-Bit Free Will

Six Lessons From My Book Launch

John Wiswell Hits the Road: Tour Schedule for 2024

Someone You Can Build A Nest In is out today!

Five days away from Someone You Can Build A Nest In

The Query Letter That Sold My Novel

Three weeks from Someone You Can Build A Nest In

How Do You Write Platonic Affection?

A Highly Scientific Ranking of Monsters by Their Romantic Potential

Does Gandalf Speak English?

Does Gandalf Speak English?

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