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 lovely time with my hostess and wing-woman Alyssa Wong. Read Read more…
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: 1% of the time: Step Six: Return to Read more…
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, with a long slog on un-cleared sidewalks to get back Read more…
“The whole point is you’re making this beautiful, invisible vase.” –Kim Stanley Robinson at Clarion 2013. These words have stayed with me since I heard them last summer. The first draft of a story is rather like putting clay on the wheel. It’s… fast. You have this SHAPE now. You Read more…
When I was a wee elementary school girl, I would make “books” by stapling together folded typing paper. I would compose a story with illustrations to fit the number of pages provided. I vividly remember this one story I did. Lisa and the Fairy by Marie Vibbert, age 8* Once Read more…
“I’ve got to be writing. I have a few ways to make sure I can carve out time. Part One: Neglect everything else” -David Mitchell (quoted in The Atlantic.) Like most writers, I don’t write enough. I have a goal to write one hour every day. I have met that Read more…
Despite its never having worked, ever, I frequently do this: This works much better: Punishing yourself doesn’t work. Did you eat all your veggies when your parents made you stay at the table until you did? Me neither. I stayed up all night in a cold kitchen, and I Read more…