Sketch in black pen on rough blue paper of three punk women in action poses

A Novel’s Journey

I just signed my first ever novel contract, and many people are asking me how I went from manuscript to actual advance money! The bad news is we have to go waaaay back on this one: High School. I was sending my first novel to publishers, “A” (It would be Read more

Marie cuddles her baby book.

Escapism and Space Motorcycles

This originally appeared on John Scalzi’s Big Idea Blog on March 9th, the launch day for Galactic Hellcats. My dad’s buddies were bikers. Guys whose legal names I still don’t know, but called Froggy or Uncle Um. Their wives and girlfriends with thick mascara and wind-burned faces had motorcycles, too. Read more