Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

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When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can...

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can...

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked,...

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked,...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who...

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who...

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of...

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of...

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to...

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to...

I find humans tremendously interesting.

I find humans tremendously interesting.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features...

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features...

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....