So, 2021. Quite a year, huh? It seems like most people I talk to have said good riddance. A lot of things did not go well. It was our first full year living in a pandemic world, and naturally, it sucked in numerous ways. Even so, looking back I can find some good things that […]
On Dragons and Friends
So it’s been two days since the publication of Domesticating Dragons, though it feels like much longer. When I learned that my book would come out in early January 2021, I was relieved. I figured that people would be coming back to work after the holidays and the US presidential election — regardless of its […]
Book Release and the Great Dragon Egg Hunt
Seven years ago I started writing a book about dragons. These were not magical or mythical creatures, nor did the story take place on another world. This was science fiction: dragons created after rapid advances in DNA sequencing, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology. I imagined a world where we didn’t just create them, but modified […]
Putting the Fact in Fantasy Sold to Penguin Random House
About five years ago I started a blog series discussing the scientific/technical/medical aspects of science fiction and cultural/historical/world-building aspects of fantasy with input from real-world experts. Since that time, the Science in Sci-fi / Fact in Fantasy series has collected guest posts from more than a hundred professional contributors who were willing to share their […]
Announcement: Domesticating Dragons Sold to Baen Books
A little-known fact about me is that all of my books manage to incorporate a dragon in some form. Dragons have always fascinated me. First it was Smaug in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, then it was Anne McCaffrey’s wonderful Dragonriders of Pern series. I’m a fan of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire books as well. Our world, […]
