Last week’s short fiction is up over at The Twins of Darkness & Light. I did WRITE it on time, I just couldn’t post it because I had no computer internet. I have mixed feelings about this one; I feel like the ending, although it heads in the general direction I wanted it to atmosphere-wise, […]
Hurrah! Look! Progress! Yes, I have actually written the next section of the L.A.O.S. for you. I is Pleased. For the unaware – which let’s face it, it’s been a while – the L.A.O.S. stands for the League of Absolutely Ordinary Superheroes and is a webserial I am “writing”. I say “writing” because – let’s
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You guys, I am so excited! Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have noted the insane amount of website tweaking and behind-the-scenes plotting that went on this last weekend, and now I am finally set to tell you WHY!! 😀 On October 30, I will be releasing an anthology of some of
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“Their revelations are so true I feel not so much like I’m being taught, as reminded.” ~ Student, on Good Novels, in presentation just now. What a powerful reminder of the purpose of a good story. Reminds me of another quote that I’ve forgotten the source of: Your job as a writer is simply
This seems to be the universe’s message to me at the moment, a reminder that writing, this thing I love, will never be fall-off-a-chair easy, but that that doesn’t mean it isn’t the right path for me. As Maggie Stiefvater pointed out the other week in her Tumblr response to my question, it’s easy sometimes
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Wow, it’s been forever since I did a link-a-bet. I think maybe not since the blog lived on Blogger! o.O But anyway, tonight: a selection of Things I Have Found. First of all, I am tremendously excited. My writing – I hesitate to say idol, because in my social context that’s a no-no, but
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So, either because I’ve never had to do this before, or because my brain is absent (I’m home sick), or for any other semi-plausible reason you care to pick, I really have no idea how to do this. So I’ll just do it, shall I? I have a book contract. There. Announced. …No? I have
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Just a quick note to, er, note (sorry :D) that I am using my LiveJournal again. This blog is more for actual posts about actual topics, linkage, book reviews, etc. The LiveJournal, she is for the nitty-gritty of writing like daily wordcounts. Don’t expect insight or usefulness over there; however, if you happen to want
The cover for the SFR Brigade anthology has been released! Isn’t it shiny? 🙂 From the SFR Brigade website: The anthology features nine stories from nine different authors in a variety of styles and settings including space opera, near future, apocalyptic, Earth-based and alien romance. (You may even discover some favorite characters from Science Fiction
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Years ago, when I first started getting serious about writing, I had a conversation with a friend of mine who dabbled in photography. He was rather firmly of the opinion that artist should not charge for art, that no one actually has a right to make a living as an artist, despite being someone who
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