Today is St. Patrick’s day. I have Irish ancestry (as well as French and German), but my cultural upbringing has been Working Class White American* Consumer. So what does that mean for me today? First, let me offer you this list of Irish authors to read: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/irish-authors Now let me wax contemplative: Given that I have…
Adventures in Scifi Publishing captured and posted a podcast of the panel at Chicago Worldcon 2012. Vivid Character Building How do you create vivid characters who pop off the page? How do you avoid archetypes/stereotypes and predictability? Join a panel of writers discussing their techniques and tricks and ask questions of your own. Carol Berg, Teresa…
I sold my Finn Fancy Necromancy series to Tor. Beth Meacham is my editor. Cameron McClure is my agent. And OH MY GOD OH MY GOD is my brain. In a little over a year, I will be able to walk into book stores and see my book on the Fantasy and Science Fiction shelf. It’s…
The September Issue of Penumbra Magazine featuring some great Fae stories (including my story “The Beloved Changeling who was Neither”) is now for sale: http://penumbra.musapublishing.com/
My post on How to Be a Happy Writer is up on the SFWA Blog. Much of it can be applied to life in general, I think. http://www.sfwa.org/2013/08/how-to-be-a-happy-writer/
Happy August Day! Don’t forget to dress like Caesar Augustus and sacrifice a bull to Mithras! Wait, that is a thing on August Day, isn’t it? If not, it should be. And then it would evolve into sacrificing all bull, meaning you cannot tell a lie on August day. Then that would drive a whole…
I could bemoan the injustice of the Trayvon Martin case, but just as easy as it is to blast off a post or tweet saying “I am ashamed of the US legal system” or snark on how easy it is NOT to shoot someone, it is equally as easy for everyone to ignore or quickly…
Spoke to Neil Gaiman at the party last night, and since I knew that there were plenty of folks who would love the chance to do so, I felt a responsibility to ask him a very important question that I’m sure most of his fans would like answered. So: Me: “Since the 80’s sound is…
I’m starting Occupy Writing. First Item: Novels have art on the cover. Why don’t art books have flash fiction on the cover?! UNFAIR! I’m talking a nice, white cover with black print, featuring an original short story intended to sum up the entirety of the artwork within, yet oddly is always titled something like “Sexy…
I am participating in the Clarion West Write-a-Thon. You must give them your spare change by clicking Donate on my page. Here is why: 1) I have a Procrastination Ray and I’m not afraid to point it at George RR Martin if my demands are not met. 2) I will send a picture of me shirtless…