My first job after college was working the night shift at a store downtown. I frequently had to close the store alone and catch the last Red Line east to get off at the lonely, rickety East 120th rapid stop. Read more…
My dear friend Mary Turzillo prompted me in the last write-a-thon for “A cat falls in love with a chat bot.” This story, Kitten Lorelei ❤ CherryBerry24, was the result. Not since Zombie Hitler have I written something so marvelously silly. Read more…
My story “Hold the Moment” about a woman who invents a time-freezing machine and tries to be a successful single mother at the same time, is in the June Analog. (Plug: the story takes place at my Alma Mater, Case Read more…
At Clarion, Cory Doctorow said, “Resist the temptation to think like a dandelion.” (At least I hope I got him quoted right in my wee notebook.) The line I have written under that is: “The cost of reproduction is zero! Read more…
A while ago I made my post comparing stories to vases. Lately I’ve noticed a repeating flaw in my first drafts. I see it reading over all my earliest writing: I’ll write about absolutely ANYTHING but the central point of the Read more…
Okay I vlog’ed again. Someone should stop me. I spent waaaay too much time editing together what was waaaay too much video for this. Still easier than drawing.
