Miscon has always been one of our favorite conventions. I mean, we dedicated a book to it, for crying out loud. So it should come as no shock that Miscon 2025 was once again an incredible experience. Or should it? You see, Miscon did something new this year. Most…no. All conventions we’ve been to previously…
All of us have that one person that we give crap to. They’re good people, we like them, we’re friends, and the way we communicate our love is by endlessly tormenting them. For some reason, they just become the butt of all the jokes—maybe because they have it coming, but probably because they’re the ones…
I love being a writer. I love allowing the fantasies in my mind free reign to enter the world via the page. It’s one of the greatest releases I have, and it’s the most profound thing I do. But before I was a writer, I was a reader. This post isn’t about me as a…
So, I grew up a nerdy kid in a small rural town. Being into magic and dragons and spaceships? That was not a done thing. Not cool. I kept my likes and dislikes as under wraps as I could. I stayed in the closet about my nerdiness as long as I could. Until I discovered…
October 6-9, 2022Oxford Suites in Portland, OR Let’s face it: we love going to science fiction conventions. And some of our best ideas happen as a result of just sitting about talking with other authors around conventions. Now, we love panelling. And we love being at a table and selling books. But the truth of…
When Esther and I were first starting to write, Esther had an opportunity to speak with a published author. Upon hearing that we collaborated on our series as a couple, that author very politely informed Esther that we needed to stop. We would doom our relationship, our marriage, and extinguish our love entirely during the…
Launching a book in the middle of quarantine brings a lot of dismay. We are trying to compensate for the lost coverage Blackbox Protocol deserves.
I have time, these days. Oh, I’m still working from home. And so’s Esther. And I still do my job, but…when you can do your court dockets by Zoom, they happen faster. I don’t have to put on a suit every morning. And I’m here, at my computer. And I work, during the times I’m…
WILL BE CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS AS OF 11:59 PST 5/24/20 – Thank you to everyone who submitted stories!! The COVID-19 quarantine has us all shut up in our homes. Businesses have ground to a halt, the economy is slowed to a snail’s pace, and nobody is entirely certain how long it is going to last….
