Announcement
Trash
My short story, “Trash” is now available at Escape Pod. This story was born out of a prompt from my sister, Grace, who asked me to write something about a character she’d created for a D&D campaign. Obviously I changed Read more
Announcement
Levy Fest Poetry Reading
To celebrate the life and work of d.a. levy, Cleveland poets will be reading this Saturday night at Lava Lounge in Tremont. Festivities start at 8pm with the incomparable Mary Turzillo. My slot is 9:40. There is an open mic Read more
Announcement
Jupiter Wrestlerama Available Online
My story “Jupiter Wrestlerama” is now available free on Lightspeed’s website. Brian and I went to Niagara Falls for the weekend in February of 2003. We walked around admiring icicles and got lost. We ended up in a residential area, Read more
Blathering
The Submission Process
Step One: Write a story Step Two: Submit story Step Three: A Magical Transformation Occurs the Moment the Mailbox Closes Step Four: Get Hopes Up ie, 8 weeks of ridiculous statistical analysis. Step Five: Receive Results 99% of the time: Read more
Blathering
SFWA Reception Postmortem
Well, I’m back from the SFWA annual reception in New York City and, having been at work a couple days now, finally got around to blogging the experience. The short of it: I was a neurotic mess but had a Read more
Uncategorized
Business Cards!
My sweet husband said, “You need business cards for the SFWA reception!” “No one is going to want MY business card,” I said. But he went and made me some business cards, featuring artwork from his Celestial Stick People tarot Read more
Announcement
SFWA Annual Reception
About to board my flight to New York City to attend the 2014 SFWA reception! I’ll have my Clarion friend Alyssa Wong on my arm, so I’m sure to be the envy of the science-fiction publishing community. The reception is Read more