Brian C. E. Buhl

This is an unexpected and encouraging surprise! Thank you to everyone that's checked out Write Something Good.

Here is a short, gushing review of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. You've probably already read it. If you haven't, you should get on that.

Bluesky has four kinds of users.

Here is my brief summary of my thoughts after getting home from World Fantasy 2026.

Those are the same people, Greg.

Here is my write-up for day 1 of World Fantasy in Oakland.

Episode 5 of Write Something Good is out! This week is the start of a three part mini-series talking about what to write. Today, we focus on SciFi. In two weeks, we'll continue with Fantasy.

I'm not feeling very optimistic when it comes to digital gaming, going foward.

When I'm selling books at events, this is one of the authors I promote the most, because they wrote a cool weird western that did stuff I hadn't seen before, and they're storytelling is immaculate. They don't post much here yet, but if they had more reason to (hint, hint) they might entertain you.

Here's a post about all the different tools I've used for writing, going in chronological order.

Gamer friends, the latest NVidia app update comes with an AI Agent setting automatically turned on. I recommend you turn it off.

I used to be excited about the prospect of flying cars, but this thing looks like it wants to crash into someone's house.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for Tax Purposes

Musk is an idiot. Truly. If he took action to interfere with a military operation, disrupted that operation, and cost lives, he's no longer a bystander. He's a valid military target.

My latest post is what I've learned about selling books. This is mostly about selling books in person, but I have a section that talks a little bit about query letters and book summaries.

It's October 13th. I see a new video for Pentatonix is up. I love Pentatonix, so I click. I feel bamboozled. I had no intention to listen to Christmas music in the middle of October.

Here are a bunch of the thoughts I had about Lanterns. In short, I really, really liked it, and I hope to see more of it.

This is just to say, TERFs suck. There is no ethical way to consume Harry Potter media.

Episode 4 of Write Something Good is out. All the links are in this post on my blog. There's also a link in my header.

Gail Simone is a narc.

The scariest thing ever for me was The Omen. I was way too young when I saw it.

Here is my book review of Building Baby Brother by Steven Radecki.

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

I used to read maps, write out the directions, and then if I got off, wing it. But even when I didn't have to go somewhere, I'd study maps for hours. I was kind of obsessed.

I'm participating in The Ultimate Blog Challenge this year. Here is the first post, with a list of prospective topics for this month. It also has the links for Write Something Good S1-E3, which went live on Wednesday last week. If you have any topics you'd like me to write about, let me know!

This is a strange request from me, but I'd like everyone to go to this Fat Bear voting thing and vote for 89 Backpack in Poll 2. explore.org/fat-bear-week

There are some good entries on this list, but the order is crazy, and there are some shows that are criminally missing. My list of top 100 would definitely include Psych.

Was listening to an older song at the diner and thought, "No. Guys, stop. Eileen has been through enough."

This is exactly correct. Every word.

Proud to be the 23rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Undeniable: The Audiobook!

New episode of Write Something Good went live yesterday.

I wrote some observations about the WXR: Grand Finale, which I'm currently enjoying.

Until next week...

Melissa is uncomfortable with me describing Stitch as Lilo's "soulmate."

I think that's it! Probably should have made this a thread but uhm.... I didn't think of that until just now. Wonderful people, wonderful writers, were up for these awards, and they are all winners even if they didn't get a rocket. Hope I can make it to Montreal next year.

Best Novel. Congrats to Alex E. Harrow for The Everlasting. I'll add it to my list.

I, too, am grateful for thr anger. We have to work together, and we have to fight for each other and for community. Amal is absolutely right.

Best Novella. Congrats to Amal El-Motsr for "The River Has Roots." Yay!