Cyberpunk is more than neon: build imaginary worlds through repair, access, and the people making difficult choices inside systems.

In the late 1980s, a former trial lawyer named Denise Shekerjian read a newspaper article about the MacArthur Fellowship. The “genius grant,” people called it. It came with a mysterious phone call, a generous six-figure award paid with no strings attached, and the kind of cultural recognition that changes a life.

Shekerjian was not interested in the money or the prestige. She was interested in the people. She wanted to know what made them what they were.

Discover how to combine Stephen King’s spontaneous creativity with Luhmann’s structured Zettelkasten method using Obsidian to create a powerful system for writers and other creatives.

It’s been awhile since I’ve written, and much has changed. I thought it was time to lay down some updates. Since my last post, I’ve made some big career decisions. # Career The elephant in the room. Let’s tackle that first.

In https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/neil-gaiman-writes-books-with-fountain-pens/, I shined a little bit of a light on something that I found both curious and validating. No, I’m not mad for wanting to try writing a serious literary work…

Yup. His tastes are a bit more expensive than https://cheapgeezer.wordpress.com/rule-25/, though both pens are fantastic and I’d write with either/both if I could stomach spending that much on a pen.

I’ve enjoyed using fountain pens for a number of years. This probably tickles the same part of my brain that appreciates typewriters and Victrolas. This is a really elegant writing instrument that never should have been allowed to fade back into o…

I’m eighteen days into http://nanowrimo.org/ 2015, a writing challenge to help aspiring authors to finish the first draft of a long form novel in one thirty days. And I’m going to finish tonight. Even though a real novel is closer to seventy to ei…

Last week was an inconsistent yet productive week for writing. I had a lot going on, between fighting a virus and having multiple health & well-being type appointments to keep up. I ended up having one sub-par writing day, and two non-writing days.

Despite the relative quiet of this blog, I’ve been quite busy.