Here today on The Z-Axis I have Imran Siddiq, author of the Divided Worlds Trilogy and a new release called Tyler Nitbone. Imran is one of my favorite indie authors, and I find both his works and his presence on Twitter to be a constant inspiration to me to write more and to write better. Imran’s…

Neuromancer was one of those books that drew me in purely by virtue of the title. Neuromancer, I thought, what’s that? Like, Necromancer? But with the brain? Wow, I’m intrigued already. It was on a friend’s bookshelf and I picked it up almost without thought, without really knowing why. I’d heard the name William Gibson but had no…

I always love going back and re-reading some of my early works, before I ever would have dreamed of calling myself a writer. I wrote the following paragraph in 2008, when I was a sophomore in college. It appeared in an early version of this blog when I was still on Blogger.  There is something precariously…

I know, I’m sorry. I disappeared and I didn’t tell any of you where I was going. I left without warning and I haven’t posted anything in far too long. But I have an excuse, I promise. I’ve been off on another adventure, and this was one of the best I’ve had so far. In…