You Probably Haven’t Read: Kerry Greenwood
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) are presently a super hot property, thank you Australian television! I am absolutely and utterly addicted, so much so that after finishing all the episodes I could get my hands on (three seasons, there must be more, though there is talk of a film!), I turned to the books. Did […]
You Probably Haven’t Seen: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
I wish I remember where I first heard about this movie, but it went straight into my Netflix queue, and then I discovered Amazon Prime also had it, so! When I posted about the wonder of this film on Twitter, there wasn’t a single reply — thus, this idea for this post was born — […]
Jumping Off Cliffs
This week, we’re getting back to the drafting of Folley & Mallory #4. It has a working title, but I’m not entirely thrilled with it, so we’re giving it a number here and calling it good. But where’s #3, you may wonder — and that’s part of the thing. Most people aren’t wondering. Folley and […]
Hand Pies
Last week, honeycrisp apples were cheap and I knew I’d come away with more apples than any one human should try to consume. What in the world could I do with all of them? My friend Jen said “oh hey, hand pies,” which led to terrifying search results — including a gorgeous monstrosity called slab […]
Rear Window Chili
A hundred years ago, when my awesome neighbors moved in, I watched from my bedroom window, doing my best L.B. Jefferies impression as furniture and boxes were carted from truck to townhouse. I spied only one person other than the movers — a dude. I wondered if it was just him, or if that inventory […]
When It Changes
While I looked up to book heroines like Alice and Dorothy, the first heroine to steal my breath on the screen was Princess Leia. Strong, capable, no nonsense. One of these things is not like the other. And for the first time it hits you. You wonder who put Leia in that get up. Because […]
One Weird Trick to Improving Your Writing!
Gym and writing have a lot in common. When I glanced at someone else working at the gym this morning, it hit me. Don’t pay attention to what that person is doing — I don’t care if Andy Weir is over there benching 400 (did Wendig just add twenty-five for him?). Pay attention to your […]
September Books
I seem to have gotten my fall months backwards, reading about ghosts and vampires in September, rather than October. But somehow, we’ll manage — we read some good things this month, I’m happy to say. I started with Lost Angeles by Lisa Mantchev and A.L. Purol. This was an odd reading experience, in that I […]
Best Horror, 2015
I need to be better about tooting horns, especially when they are my own! Every year, Ellen Datlow puts together the Best Horror of the Year anthology, and every year, she publishes her long list of stories that she loved. You can read part one here and part two here! Four of mine are on […]
tbt ponders kidlit
The other night, Beth asked me what I read when I was ten or eleven ish, and I had this instant image of my room back then: twin bed, chaotic floor (lava!), Raggedy Ann and Andy sheets and curtains, pale yellow walls. Me, sprawled on the bed, legs propped on the wall while I read. […]