I meant to post this last Thursday, but these days my status at any given moment is either busy, exhausted, or asleep. Spring has come and gone, and the hot temperatures it left in its wake leave me sluggish and introspective. A week ago I received the contract for my first sale of a short […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wouldn’t you know it? As soon as I give in and declare a hiatus something exciting happens that I have to post about immediately! My friend, karate sensei, and fellow MSVWA member Heather had her story, “The Oni”, published in the Pill Hill Press anthology “Leather, Denim & Silver: Legends of the Monster Hunter.” And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The topic of the last couple of weeks seems to be reviews – good reviews, bad reviews, and the YA Mafia. I don’t have anything to say about the YA Mafia thing, though then I think both sides of the argument have valid points. So instead I thought I’d look at reviews. In my experience, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well. It’s Wednesday. I suppose I should talk about writing. Recently I read The Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks. Part three in a high tech, high action YA trilogy which I can’t recommend enough. It got me thinking about proactive protagonists; in a lot of stories characters only react, and that in and of itself […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the publishing industray news of the week – depressing, but far from unexpected – last Wednesday Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of that they are closing 200 stories, including their Alaska location. This requires some perspective. So many of the locations being closed are in areas where there is another Borders […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2010 is finally coming to a close. I thought 2009 was bad, but I guess I was asking for trouble because in all ways 2010 was worse. Though I suppose it wasn’t all bad – I did buy a car, and I did get around to posting here regularly. I could hope that 2011 will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the last day of 2009. The last day of a decade. Wow, it’s a strange thing to contemplate. I feel like I’ve been dragged through hell and back. Or maybe that just my state of mind from the last few months? 2009 really wasn’t a great year for anyone it seems like. I landed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What can I say? I’m addicted to Tessa Dare’s voice. Spunky heroines, quirky adventure-laden plots, and a downright compelling narrative. Her books are like a shoujo manga in novel form. Hear that, Yen Press? Get on that license. If Gossip Girl and Twilight can be manga, then Goddess of the Hunt can too. Ah, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been a crazy few weeks. I intended to go right back to posting regularly after the New Years, but then one thing happened after another and I looked up to discover February was already underway. After my last post I went on a trying two week housesitting job, at a place which unfortunately did […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A good friend in real life, a fellow writer and member of MSVWA, has recently had her first short story published! And I’m going to gush because I’ve never had a chance too like this before and she is a fantastic writer. Her story, Confirmation, is in the anthology Lilith Unbound, edited by Elaine Cunningham. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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