Honestly, I was gonna take a year off on this, but it is handy to look back on the year’s successes. What did I do this year? I got my first-ever Nebula and Hugo nominations! Got my first ever unsolicited Read more
All the stories in my formative years were about people saving worlds. Alien worlds, this world, the future via time travel, the past to fix the present. My first forays into science fiction focused on world-ending disasters, too, because that Read more
Okay, so, I thought I had a bit of a break from appearances but then I remembered I’m me, and I say yes to everything? Gort, this better sell some books. Black Friday! November 24, I’ll be at Appletree Books Read more
Part of what drives me, that drives most of us, to science fiction is the desire to explore. To see new places and meet new people. Because some number of people really liked a particular story I wrote, I got Read more
Blog topic suggested by Maura Yzmore So, I am not good at this, and have never successfully queried, but I’ll let you know what I’ve learned so far. Don’t Bury the Lede I was quite a ways into a timed Read more
One day I was chatting pleasantly with some work friends, and I mentioned how much I loved being able to bike to work in the mornings. One of my fellow workers whirled on me, angry, “I can’t bike to work! Read more
It may surprise you to learn that 99% of my anxiety at events is “what if I don’t recognize someone and they’re sad because I didn’t recognize them?” This has been my top worry since I was little Miss One Read more