I’m happy to announce that I started the year with two short story sales. My story, “The Last Cloud Painter,” will be appearing at some point in the future in Asimov’s magazine. I’ve been working on this story for at least 10 years, though I couldn’t quite figure out the ending until a year or two ago. The idea for the story came to me in a dream. I’m so glad that it will finally be seeing print.

I also sold a story, “Voices Singing in the Void,” to Clarkesworld magazine. I’ve been trying to...