On abortion and writing
The abortion issue has come up recently. My opinion is in favor of “pro-choice” if you choose to have protected sex outside of marriage or are aware enough to realize you are pregnant in the first trimester or have been raped or clearly abused by a man. Yes, your body, your choice. But I am a man and can’t do whatever I want with my body. I can’t even use non-violent language without being tortured by police.
On creative writing, for me it is partly a matter of critical mass. One of my main bosses implied I was “constipated” or too shy about releasing news stories. I feel that way about creative writing now sometimes.
I am making pretty good progress on my current work-in-progress novella about a military conflict in the U.S., but it feels unfamiliar because it is very imaginative and a bit fantastic.