The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".

Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?"

I don't keep anything on paper (except within an actual novel in progress, at which point I need a file to keep track of plot threads, characters, and so on).

The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".

Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.

I do not click on random youtube videos.