I didn't go back and read what I wrote at the end of Our Year of the Collective Dumpster Fire 2020, because it didn't really matter. Just like it doesn't really matter what I write about Our Year of Dystopian Hellscape 2021, because you all lived it too. So let's get straight into the Year … Continue reading Second Verse, Same as the First
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Moving the Goals Post
I probably ought to have just crossed out the 0 and replaced it with a 1 on my 2020 list of things I wanted to accomplish this past year, because I hit very few of them. I think that's probably true of everyone. I didn't, though. I erased the whole thing and we're going to … Continue reading Moving the Goals Post
Eligibility Post 2020
Actual footage of me trying to write anything this year: Like most of us, I struggled with producing new work this year, and as a result I only have one publication to remind you of in this year end post. (I actually had to google that it did come out this year, because it happened … Continue reading Eligibility Post 2020
Swashbuckling Cats, Ahoy!
Tyche Books' anthology, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas, is out in the wild today! It is, as you may have guessed, an anthology of short fiction featuring stories about pirate cats. Here's the blurb: If you think cats and water don’t mix, think again. Plunge into worlds of piratical cats: some selfish, … Continue reading Swashbuckling Cats, Ahoy!
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
Contributors Announcement: Swashbuckling Cats
About a year ago(?) I saw a tweet that said something to the effect of "hey someone should put together an anthology of stories about pirate cats. Call it Swashbuckling Cats." Everyone said "LOL that's a hilarious idea" Then last summer Tyche Books put out the call for submissions. I ended up writing a silly … Continue reading Contributors Announcement: Swashbuckling Cats
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
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
Lizz Donnelly 