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Newsletter — October 2026
Worth Your Weight In Pie Newsletter Field notes from the world of Silas Lopez ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...
Postcard From The Dunes—October 2026
Protecting the quiet I’m scaring myself a little bit. I set out to become a novelist, and now I feel like a product manager. A few months ago, . . . [newsletter readers pick up here]. . . The Washashore existed in four forms. In a few weeks, when The Holdfast...
Mystery, Procedural, Literary… Pick a Box
It can seem a little pointless at times, but putting books into boxes is an inescapable part of finding the right readers.Genre is just the beginning. With so many books out there, and reader tastes so incredibly specific, the number of subcategories seems almost...
The Question I Get More Than Any Other
Strangers ask all sorts of questions about the book, but the question I get more than any other from people who've known me for a while is "Novels? Have you always been a writer? Where did this come from?"I have always sensed there could be some concern underneath—you...
Newsletter — September 2026
Worth Your Weight in Pie Newsletter Field notes from the world of Silas Lopez ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...
A Man, His Dog, and a Few Other Questions
I recently worked on some answers for an upcoming profile and realized, somewhere between talking about Silas Lopez, my towering TBR pile, and why I apparently can’t write a thousand words and then politely stop, that the questions were pretty good. So I thought I’d...
