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The Coming Storm
So. Tomorrow we launch our yearly fundraiser. It’s our 10th anniversary. A big milestone. Worldbuilders is my pride and joy. It has changed my life, and I’m as proud of it as I am of my own sweet...
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The Tenuous Serenity of Not-Knowing
As I start writing this, it’s the morning of November 4th. The day after the election. It’s an event I’m guessing folks will eventually refer to in historical if not straight-up superlative terms: The...
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Fanmail FAQ: The F Word.
Dear Pat, Life got busy for me early on this year, and I fell behind reading your blog. But now that school’s started back up again, I’ve been able to catch up by reading back through the archives...
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Punctuation
So earlier today I took a break from catching up on my e-mail. There were sounds of intense tickling happening in Sarah’s bedroom, and Oot was doing one of his best laughs: sort of this helpless...
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Concerning Fanmail #3
So a couple months ago, I unlocked another achievement in the great sandbox videogame that is my life. Specifically, I hit 10,000 pieces of fanmail. While I occasionally answer questions people send...
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Sophie’s Choice
I just had an unexpectedly harrowing experience on the internet. While I like to think that I’m immune to clickbait, occasionally I leave the high road and tumble gracelessly down into the muddy ditch...
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things
So my book is launching today, and so far I’ve spent the day trying not to think about it. I am not a nervous person, but I’ll be honest with you. This book has me tied in a bit of a knot. I didn’t...
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Conversations with Cutie
For those of you who are keeping track, my youngest son is just a little more than two years old now. And far all ages have been good ages with my sons (so far) this is a particularly special age for...
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Well. Here we are. I approach this blog with all the eagerness and delight of a man about to shut his dick in a car door. But if I don’t write it, I won’t feel good about myself. The problem is, I...
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What We’re Doing & How We’re Coping
So it’s been pretty quiet here on the blog since the fundraiser ended. Partly that’s because I’ve been trying to focus my energy on laying in some infrastructure in my life so that I can be more...
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