I have a blog post up on the Wild Cards blog, in which I talk about the relationship between character and plot, and attempt an answer to the question of which is more important to a good narrative.
I’ve been a member of the consortium since late 2015, and since then, I’ve turned out two novelettes at Tor.com (How To Move Spheres and Influence People, released on March 27, and a new Khan story that will be out next year). I’ve also written two novellas—Stripes, for the LOW CHICAGO mosaic novel, and PROBATIONARY, for Knaves over Queens, our first UK-centered Wild Cards book. It’s great fun to be part of that world, and I feel like I am stretching my writing wings in ways they wouldn’t necessarily flex in my day-to-day genre writing. It’s making me a better writer, letting me be part of a group of insanely talented colleagues, and turning out stories that are among the better stuff I’ve written. It’s kept me busy in between the day job novels, and I am very glad to be a part of it. Sometimes you are presented with an opportunity that feels like you’ll be in over your head if you accept. But then you find that you can not only rise to the challenge, but that your professional skills improve greatly as a result. It can be scary to hop off the deep end, but there’s treasure at the bottom of the pool.