It was 2002 or thereabouts. I had just heard news that the wild area across Cedar Road from my friend Becky’s house was going to be developed into a “Town square outdoor shopping area” similar to Shaker Square, but, you know, FAKE. I was kinda pissed. My friend Becky was Read more…
My father recently gave me a box of my old school books, and it had a pair of spiral notebooks in it, and one of them is replete with awful teen poetry!! Since I’m about to be on staff for a teen writing workshop next week, I thought I should Read more…
In my old college notebook from 1994, I found an outline for a story called “Divine Tragedy” which was about a woman named Diana who suddenly has people worshiping her. She doesn’t know why. She gets investigated by the IRS because people are sending her money asking for intervention and Read more…
The write-a-thon ended on Sunday! I was at Confluence, a science fiction convention in Pittsburgh, at the time, and I promise to post a blog post about that lovely experience soon, but first and foremost, I made a pledge to knit a garment-of-choice for one lucky winner. I had 14 Read more…
My friend Patrick, who went to Clarion with me in 2013, is the president of the Alpha Young Writer’s Workshop, which is a ten-day intensive workshop for teens to learn the craft of speculative fiction. Every year I listen to him talk about the stress and joy of the workshop, Read more…
Whoops … I had promised to blog about my experience at Confluence this year, but the time has flown. Confluence is a very nice science fiction convention in Pittsburgh, specifically it’s at the Airport Sheraton, which is a smaller hotel for conventioning, but it boasts a lovely large salon on Read more…
Guest blog post at Mary Robinette Kowal’s “My Favorite Bit” launches September 1: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-marie-vibbert-talks-about-the-gods-awoke/ Blog post on the Big Idea in The Gods Awoke September 1-4 – WorldCon in Chicago including launch party in the bar Thursday night! September 8 – Ask me Anything (AMA) on Reddit /r/Fantasy ! September Read more…