I’m so pumped to be a part of the programming at Cleveland ConCoction, March 1-3 in Aurora, Ohio! I first participated two ConCoctions ago when my friend Steve found himself all alone on the “Rule 34” panel and asked if Read more
Another “Total Request Marie” topic! How is it different revising a poem verses a novel verses a short story. The short answer is, a poem is like a painting, a short story is like an invisible vase, and a novel Read more
I have always considered myself a feminist, since I first learned the term as a child. (Though, like many people, for years I naively insisted I was “an egalitarian” because of course I was pro equality, not pro-female. I grew Read more
Soliciting for ideas for blog posts, I was asked, “How do you create a writing practice?” and “How do you make writing a habit?” And I thought to myself, “Self, you used to wonder that, and you did it. So, Read more
So there I was, at the Barony of the Cleftlands Yule Revel. I hadn’t been to any SCA meetings in a very long time, mostly because we moved date night to Wednesdays. I was a little nervous how I’d be Read more
At the end of 2017, a new anthology was announced: “Sword and Sonnet” — stories about “female battle poets”. The second I heard of it, I wanted in! Of course, my story would be science fiction, and I would totally Read more
For the Clarion write-a-thon in 2014, I offered to write a story to order for anyone who donated. My friend Brian Fergueson prompted me to write “Aztecs in Space.” I happily fell down a research hole and learned, among other Read more