Q: What advice do you have for aspiring writers?
A: Write every day. Find a place and time where you can reliably make it part of your daily routine. It took me years to develop the rigor, concentration, and really poor typing skills to blast out 1,000 words per day. However, I wake up at 2 a.m. to do my workout and daily chores so I can write from 4:30-6 a.m. and then go back to sleep. I do not recommend this to any sane person. I assume my brain will melt and leak out of my ears before the end of the decade.
Q: I'm looking for fiction written by diverse authors whose voices have been historically marginalized. Why should I read anything by a cis whiteboy from the midwest?
A: That is an excellent question.
Q: Why did you choose to self-publish Meet Me In The Gameroom instead of pursuing traditional publishing?
A: Please direct your question to the 99 agents who rejected the manuscript.
Q: Your first film, Transmissions, is available to watch on YouTube. Is there a place to watch your second film, Archetype?
A: No.
Q: Why not?
A: It's bad.
Q: But you posted Transmissions despite its amateur wonkiness. Surely Archetype has some memorable moments.
A: That's not a question.
Q: You keep teasing The Chronicle, your seven-part sci-fi epic. Same with the (according to you) fifteen other unpublished novels you have written. Can you describe any of them or share some excerpts?
A: No.
Q: Hey, some of your videos don't work.
A: See the "janky" in the header? Also not a question.
Q: I'll be out of town next week. Can you dogsit my corgi?
A: Absolutely.
Q: Can you also drive me to the airport at 5 a.m.?
A: $50. Personal check preferred.
Q: How do you earn a living as a writer?
A: See answer above.
Q: How many fingers am I holding up?
A: Twelve.
Q: Um... I think you might have suffered a concussion.
A: That is an excellent question.