Expertise and Humility
Every year, when research paper season rolls around, I always have a few students that want to cite themselves, use their own ‘knowledge’, or consider themselves experts in their chosen topic. It takes a bit of convincing before they’re willing to acknowledge that maybe they’re not experts in their...
An online reading…and cover art!
I'm doing an online reading this evening! Tonight at 7:30 pm Pacific time, there will be a live viewing of Fae News on YouTube. (I'm not in Pacific time, but they are, so that's the time I'm giving--do the math to figure it out, just like I have to......
An online reading…and cover art!
I'm doing an online reading this evening! Tonight at 7:30 pm Pacific time, there will be a live viewing of Fae News on YouTube. (I'm not in Pacific time, but they are, so that's the time I'm giving--do the math to figure it out, just like I have to......
Poem "Unveiling the Moon" in ETTT
Photo by Ganapathy Kumar on UnsplashContinuing with catching up, my poem "Unveiling the Moon" is in the 44th issue of Eye to the Telescope. Like all the poems in this issue, it is a poem about an imaginary work of art, in this case about an artist who ......
Poem "Unveiling the Moon" in ETTT
Photo by Ganapathy Kumar on UnsplashContinuing with catching up, my poem "Unveiling the Moon" is in the 44th issue of Eye to the Telescope. Like all the poems in this issue, it is a poem about an imaginary work of art, in this case about an artist who ......
Goddess of the Braided Light Drive in New Myths!
Photo by Akshar Dave🌻 on UnsplashIn my last post I mentioned this story, which sold to New Myths. And it was published soon after that, so in the interest of catching up on some of the things have been slipping through my fingers in the chaos of recent......
Goddess of the Braided Light Drive in New Myths!
Photo by Akshar Dave🌻 on UnsplashIn my last post I mentioned this story, which sold to New Myths. And it was published soon after that, so in the interest of catching up on some of the things have been slipping through my fingers in the chaos of recent......
Updated Bio
I’ve just updated my bio to include a humorous version:
Stephen was utterly sane until he was born to totally normal parents. Having been precipitated into this insane world without his permission, he decided that the only logical response was to b......
Student Autonomy and the Vulnerable Teacher
I had to have a little chat with my eleventh graders last week. I decided to take the first 10 minutes of class and explain to them two core convictions of my teaching philosophy and how there is often a tension between them. We had gotten to one of...
Writing update and what I’ve been watching
A darkness has descended over Europe. Prayers and thoughts are with Ukraine. In my writing news, I have just finished the first draft of book 3 in the Rankers series (sequels to Deliverance at Van Demon’s Deep), that’s now off to my amazing beta reader......