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
Like everyone I’ve ever seen answer the “when did you start writing?” question in an author interview, I wrote a novel in grade school. Now, I’ll be fair – this wasn’t my FIRST novel. First came a story Grace and Read more
I haven’t updated this blog for two weeks because I have been in the hospital. So sorry, everyone. I’ve not written so much as a clever tweet lately. I am recovering from surgery now and should be back on my Read more
My writing procrastinating process. At least last night. Step one: Listen to music while playing 2048 for two hours. Step two: daydream about David Bowie. Worry about ethics of daydreaming about actual person, switch to Spike the vampire, Feyd from Dune… Read more
I am terrible at plot. (And character, description, mood, theme, setting, and everything else, but particularly plot.) Andy Duncan taught me this plot trick. I don’t know where he got it. You write the names of your characters on a Read more
The thing you do to be sane and happy should besomething you can control. -Cory Doctorow How to fight writer’s block? Well, we identified it as a mood, so what causes the mood? Boredom with the project? More advice Read more
When I asked my friends what would be a good subject for my writer’s blog, the vast majority answered, “Writer’s block!” (And I stared at them mutely because that’s been the subject, in a way, of ALL my posts.) Either Read more