Words Deferred is a blog about writing fiction, in all of its myriad forms.
It’s 2025, and I’m reviewing books and giving away my story ideas!
2024 was my Year of Short Stories. I spent 52 weeks writing sci-fi and fantasy stories and submitting them to publications. I wrote weekly updates to discuss my progress, as well as the ins and outs of writing and submitting short fiction in these markets. Read the kickoff, or see all the posts.
Previously, I spent almost two years writing Razor Mountain, a novel that I updated here twice per month. I documented the entire process, from ideas and outlining to the cover design and back-cover blurb to the chapters themselves. You can read all of it on my Razor Mountain landing page.
If you’d rather read some of my free microfiction or hundred-word drabbles, check out the Fiction section.
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Week 3 — Year of Short Stories 2026
2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I talk about short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is week three: Jan. 17 – Jan. 23. Stats Keeping up the Pace These first few weeks of the year have been about setting up a…
The River Has Roots — Read Report
Book | E-book | Audiobook (affiliate links) I first discovered Amal El-Mohtar as the co-author of This is How You Lose the Time War with Max Gladstone. (I’ll even take the hipster cred of loving that book years before it was cool.) With any multi-author work like that, I always…
Week 2 — Year of Short Stories 2026
2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I talk about the stories I’m working on, from idea and draft to submission. This is week two: Jan. 10 – Jan. 16. Stats Finding a Groove I’m still getting back into the rhythm of short story writing, but…
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