I have this terrible habit of wiping my personal websites clean and starting from scratch. This typically happens when I have nothing better to do with them than post pictures of smiley face craters on Mars. I have an idea on how to make this work, this time, but we’ll see. If it doesn’t pan out, you can just count on this site being back with a new mysql database and version of Wordpress in six months

And to give this relaunch something all the others didn’t have: some content! All I can offer at this point is this bit of flash fiction called “He’s In Love With His Electronic Secretary!” For those of you who read io9, you may recall the vintage ad that inspired this short piece of robotic deviance.

Also included on the TEXTS page is “A Warm Touch,” an older story that is the ancestor of “Electronic Secretary.” All other works that have appeared on this site in the past as gone, currently undergoing renovation.

A major catalyst for this relaunch was my reading of Ariel Gore’s How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead. While the title sounds like the ultimate in throw-away how-to-write books, it is actually quite brilliant. And very punk rock. Rather than a guide on how to write, Gore’s book is a how-to for the underground writer’s lifestyle, encouraging self-publishing and self-promotion above waiting for corporate publishers to wise up. I highly recommend the book to any struggling writer who needs a kick in the pants.

Today’s Twitter comes from Warren Ellis: “Twitter’s evolved oddly: ambient post-geographic conversation (accent on “ambient”) or world nonsequitur delivery system, take your pick…”