Philip Brewer
I write science fiction and fantasy stories.
I also write about personal finance and frugality for Wise Bread.
I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.
Personal finance articles (at Wise Bread)- Interesting stuff
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Finished the demon story
For the first time in far too long I finished a draft of a story and sent it out to the Incognitos and a couple other first readers. The working title of this story is “the demon story” and it … Continue reading
Writing in 2012
I didn’t sell any new stories in 2012, but I did have two reprint sales: My story “Watch Bees” was reprinted in translation in the Russian magazine Esli (in the April issue, which isn’t up on their website yet). My … Continue reading
Interviewed on Navigating Your Money
Mike Tierney of the Navigating Your Money podcast interviewed me last week and has already put the show up. Listen to me natter on about frugal living here: Episode #19: Live Like You Have More, On Less I haven’t actually … Continue reading
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My shameful integer posts—and my shameless ones
You know what integer posts are—the ones where the title starts with an integer. I scorn them when I’m reading, so I tend not to write them. I’ve ended up writing a few, though. Seriously—sometimes they just pop out. I … Continue reading
Soldierette mention
My Wise Bread post Have Style, not a Lifestyle picked up a mention on the blog Soldierette as one of 5 Unmissable Personal Style Tips. I spent a few minutes poking around the site. There’s a lot to like there. … Continue reading
Like a Hawk in its Gyre is up on Escape Pod!
My story “Like a Hawk in its Gyre” has gone up on Escape Pod, read aloud by Tim Crist. Here’s a link: EP358: Like a Hawk in its Gyre The story originally appeared in Redstone Science Fiction, February 2011 (issue #9), … Continue reading
Reprint sale of “Like a Hawk in its Gyre”
Got word from Mur Lafferty that Escape Pod will buy audio reprint rights to my story “Like a Hawk in its Gyre”! The story previously appeared in the February 2011 issue of Redstone Science Fiction. This will be my first … Continue reading
Contributor’s copy for “Watch Bees” in Russian!
In the post yesterday I found my contributors copy of the Russian magazine Esli (If) with the Russian translation of “Watch Bees”! I’d been keeping an eye on their website, expecting that they’d update it with the new issue before I … Continue reading
Race and the fictional character
One of my Clarion classmates, Nnedi Okorafor, tweeted today wondering why sometimes authors won’t just say what race a character is. I doubt if she was thinking about me, but I’m one of those writers who is sometimes coy about … Continue reading