I'm a generally curmudgeonly person during the holiday season. There are approximately three albums of Christmas music that I can tolerate, I am not a fan of surprises, and don't even get me started on tinsel. I think this stems from too many years of traditions that weren't really mine with forced family members who … Continue reading Light a Light: Giftmas Blog Tour 2019
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2019 Eligibility Post
Hello, friends! It's the end of the year, which means it's time for lists of all sorts, including the compilation list of things published this year that are eligible for awards. I have 2 and a half (half because the expected publication date is this year, but it isn't technically out yet.) short stories eligible … Continue reading 2019 Eligibility Post
COVER REVEAL: Space Opera Libretti
It's time for another cover reveal! This one is for Space Opera Libretti, edited by Jennifer Lee Rossman and Brian McNett, an anthology of humorous science fiction set to music. Or about music. Or featuring music. However the contributing authors interpreted the call for submissions. I was stoked because I just happened to have the … Continue reading COVER REVEAL: Space Opera Libretti
More Like Scaffolding
Let's talk about structure. This is the time of year when I start putting together material for my after school writing club, and I think about structuring that, and structuring lessons and structuring stories and... you get the picture. With 6th graders, I have to start with the most basic structure. What makes a story … Continue reading More Like Scaffolding
Quick Update
Hello friends! It's been awhile, because I am terrible at updating a blog. Also, I've been super busy. Just two quick things before I'm off and running again: 1) You can now pre-order the ebook version of BRAVE NEW GIRLS Vol. 4, which contains my story Earthquake Machine. The link to that is right HERE. … Continue reading Quick Update
REVIEW: We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
I devoured this book. I grabbed it from the library last week, because it was on my list, but I couldn't really remember what it was about. But it had a good title and a pretty cover. We Set the Dark on Fire starts with a myth, of a sun god and a salt god, … Continue reading REVIEW: We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
GRIMM, GRIT and GASOLINE: Table of Contents
Exciting news! World Weaver Press has released the official Table of Contents for Grimm, Grit and Gasoline, their anthology of dieselpunk and decopunk fairy tales. And it is with great pleasure that I can now tell you that I'm ON IT! My story, Evening Chorus, is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale, and I'm … Continue reading GRIMM, GRIT and GASOLINE: Table of Contents
Flash in the Pan: A “She” Companion Story
I've neglected this blog a little bit, but I think it will work out. I read H. Rider Haggard's She for my November Canon Blast post-- which you can find over on my Patreon for just $1/month-- and it was a hoot. And I mean that sarcastically, because I really did not like it at … Continue reading Flash in the Pan: A “She” Companion Story
Year in Books 2018
It's December 31, which means it's time to take stock of what I read this year and pick some favorites. TOP FIVE (in no particular order): Annihilation-- Jeff Vandermeer Go ahead and watch the movie, but it's nothing at all like the book. Annihilation is the first book in the Southern Reach Trilogy, and I … Continue reading Year in Books 2018
Giftmas Blog Tour 2018– Eggscellent
Happy Winter Solstice! This holiday season I am participating, for the first time, in Rhonda Parrish's blog tour to benefit the Edmonton Food Bank. It's an advent calendar style tour this year, so every day for the first 24 days of December, you can follow along and read a new story donated by a writer … Continue reading Giftmas Blog Tour 2018– Eggscellent
