Life
My Pale and Languishing Period
No illustrated blog post this week. I’m back in the hospital AGAIN. Being a languishing waif is nowhere near as romantic as I was lead to believe.
Blathering
Writing is not knitting
Subtitle: Why I don’t use word counts as a measure of productivity. Knitting is awesome. If I follow the pattern, I end up with a sweater. EVERY TIME. I just start at the beginning and go to the end. Many Read more
Blathering
Plotting Plots
So, you have an idea for a story – maybe it’s just an idea for a set-up or an emotional payoff at the end, and you have to get the reader from your brilliant first sentence to your brilliant last Read more
Blathering
I do not have a muse.
“If you’re waiting for your muse, I’ve got news for you; he or she is on a beach in Maui!” -Robert Crais (Best-selling author and wearer of fabulous Hawaiian shirts.) I realized years ago that if I wanted to be Read more
Blathering
Writing “The Other”
The depressing truth is, all characters we write are filtered through ourselves. I’m not writing a character based on my high school English teacher, I’m writing a character based on MY interpretation of that English teacher. It can feel fake. Read more
Blathering
Sometimes I worry I’m not science-fiction-y enough, and then stuff like this happens.
So there I was… Yeah. My first thoughts on waking up from anesthesia after surgery. A bit disappointing, but at least I had yet another assurance that yes, I am a science fiction author at heart.
Announcement
Butterflies on Barbed Wire
My short story, “Butterflies on Barbed Wire,” has been accepted by Analog for an upcoming issue! I wrote the story the last week of Clarion, after I’d had my week six story critiqued. It felt strange to suddenly not be Read more