Long-Term
Observation:
Humans

Not scientifically. Not always quietly. But for a long time.

Most of what I write starts small: a rule nobody follows, a process everyone complains about, a conversation at work, something a family member remembers differently than I do, or some ordinary object that turns out to carry more history than it should.

The subject changes. The habit does not. I notice something, turn it over for a while, and eventually start wondering what it says about the people involved—or about all of us.

So the domain survived the book. This is what I am doing with it now.

I did not start out trying to become a writer. I started by trying to write one science-fiction book.

Long-Term Observation: Humans never became the novel I wanted it to be, but the attempt taught me how to write, revise, format, build, and self-publish a book. That experiment eventually led me to very different work, including Fault Lines: Physical and Otherwise and I’ve Been Remembering….

The subjects have changed, but the habit has stayed remarkably consistent: notice something ordinary, look at it a little longer than necessary, and see what it says about people.