Archive - Staying Drunk on Writing

021: The Fourth Minute

(tl;dr - After an extended hiatus, I have published a new story! Read it here) Two years ago, when Amit and I started Sudowrite, we weren’t sure if…

Jan 7, 2023 •

December 2020

020: Object Permanence

My last story for the year is “Object Permanence,” which was recently published at Fireside Fiction. Most of us would probably like for 2020 to blink…

Dec 31, 2020 •

October 2020

019: My Wife's Avatar, Pandemics, and Machine Creativity

During our honeymoon in Bali, my wife received a call that would change our relationship forever. It was her dream job—an opportunity to live and work…

Oct 19, 2020 •

March 2020

018: Ken Liu and Fleeting Feeds

Ken Liu’s new anthology, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, has dropped and everyone should read it. I’m working my way through, and so far, it’s a…

Mar 9, 2020 •

February 2020

017: Walking into 2020

Hoorah to the New Year! 2020 does feel like we're finally in the thick of the new century, not like the 00s and 10s, where no one could agree on what to…

Feb 21, 2020 •

October 2019

016: I'm officially published in print 🎉🎉🎉

Today marks the first time my work makes it to print! You can read "The Mummer" in Working Futures: 14 Speculative Stories About the Future of Work (get…

Oct 2, 2019

September 2019

015: Steady State and the Engagement Beast

New Story: Steady State Read the story here While working with the News Feed teams, it was fascinating how even the employees at Facebook didn’t fully…

Sep 3, 2019

July 2019

A time for stock, a time for flow

Our work can be divided into stock and flow, a metaphor that Robin Sloane expanded from its roots in economics. Flow is the work you share with the…

Jul 21, 2019 •

May 2019

The Problem with Hard Science Fiction

The term “hard science fiction” is misguided. Traditionally, it refers to stories that strive for scientific and technological accuracy. Many of the…

May 25, 2019 •

April 2019

Meeting Ted Chiang and Slow Writing

Last week, I attended Futurescapes, a writing workshop in Park City, Utah. I wouldn’t normally go out of town for a weekend, since we have a fussy…

Apr 27, 2019 •

February 2019

A new beginning and two stories

A NEW BEGINNING 2019 started with a flurry of activity— My daughter was born just shy of the New Year. We named her Alinea, which means "the beginning…

Feb 13, 2019 •

October 2018

The Scrolls of Tian Tan, and When the Flow Collides

This month's story: The Scrolls of Tian Tan (25 minute read) "There is a scroll inside every one of us." Read it now (or send to Kindle) I’ve been busy…

Oct 16, 2018 •

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