Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Men are loyal when you lead from the front.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus.

Plenty of people say my guesses about a future drought in the western U.S. (where I live and grew up) are wrong, so I don't see why I won't be wrong in some people's eyes when I go set a story on foreign shores.

Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.