Necessary
Near as I can tell, I wrote two things in 2018, which is an all-time low for me. I wrote "Kill Your Darlings (Silicone Sister Remix)" (out now in Do Not Go Quietly) and The Ebon Jackal, the last Folley & Mallory book (also out now). Last week, I finished a novella. I wrote it […]
The End, Kinda
The last book in my Folley & Mallory series drops today, and perhaps I am having feelings about that, but god forbid we explore those, because it's all too hard to contemplate; this seems to be my year of endings. Dramatic! But, many things have come to an end, so it feels apt. There are […]
Doubt
Doubt is a thing every writer struggles with -- no matter how famous, no matter how many book awards, nominations, praise, cakes, etc. Your favorite writer has doubted themselves and their work. And probably quite a lot. My friend Aidan Doyle has assembled a collection of essays about doubt, and he solicited content from other […]
Do Not Go Quietly
Today is release day for Do Not Go Quietly: An Anthology of Victory in Defiance from Apex Book Company! Go grab your copy, right after you read this interview with E. Catherine Tobler, who is responsible for one of the stories in the anthology. Elise, thanks for joining us! Thank you for having me! This […]
Riverland
I didn't have a sister to share the horror with, but I did have a Riverland, made of books, and dolls, and music, where nothing could hurt me, because even in stories, when something went wrong, there was the hope and opportunity of fixing the thing. (That may explain why I became a writer.) Fran […]
Ravens & Writing Desks
Five years ago (!) Rings of Anubis was published by Masque Books. When Masque passed on the sequels, Apokrupha picked the books up, which meant we needed covers and a new design aesthetic, which was terrifying and exciting. When I sent editor Jacob a link to my dream cover artist, I never imagined it would […]
A Horse of a Different Color
This weekend at the grocery store, there was great excitement concerning the penny horse. This is, of course, the mechanical horse at the front of the store that kids can ride for a penny. Lately, the penny horse hadn't been looking or running so great. The penny horse had surely lost the use of one […]
Walking Through It
Resolutions? Nah. Goals? Yes. Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you began. It's solid advice, right, but starting can be tricky as heck. 2019 is very much a blank slate for me. I'm starting over in so many ways, and it's exciting, but also terrifying, because who knows what's over […]
2018 Loves
Ahhh, it's that time of year when the book or story you poured your heart into isn't on anyone's favorites list, wheeee! It's the most wonderful time of the year! I've read less this year so far, but that was intentional, given I had a book of my own to write (and did, thank you […]