Almost Human
I am DYING for some good genre television -- oh Farscape, I still miss you, and Battlestar Galactica, you also stay lodged in my heart. So I thought hey, Almost Human looks keen. It looks Blade Runner-ish and HEY that is Karl Urban's FACE (not to mention the rest of him, including his snarky mouth!). […]
So, Pie
Who doesn't love pie? If you don't love pie, get out. There's a bus to Pluto in five minutes, go. For the rest of you... Today we're talking about savory pie, not sweet pie. I may cover some sweet pie soon though, since Thanksgiving approaches. (But also, cheesecake? Because pumpkin cheesecake. I digress.) Fall rolls […]
NaNoWriMo, 2013 Edition
I suppose I'm a cheater. I don't exactly worry about my word count, I definitely don't write every day (did not write yesterday, newp), and I usually still get the fifty thousand words by the end of the month. What does this tell us? Heck if I know! But here's the best thing NaNoWriMo has […]
Battle Scars
On Twitter this past weekend, Amanda asked: What's the most rejections you got on a piece before it sold? Please note whether it sold pro, semi, token. #battlescars I think it's an important question, especially to authors who suddenly find themselves selling regularly, which may give the impression to newer writers that all stories are […]
Dead North
THE SEA HALF-HELD BY NIGHT I wasn't going to write a story about Canadian zombies, because zombies aren't my first genre love. (I'm not sure what is, but it's not zombies.) But then, I got this strange idea, and the first line of the story was there, in my head, and I had to get […]
Stuff & Things
Just when you think it's stopped raining, there comes more rain. Just what Colorado doesn't need! I was going to donate to the Strange Horizons fundraiser, but instead went over to HelpColoradoNow.com, because my state is such a mess after historical floods and oil spills. It's still unbelievable. But there are other doings, yes. Let me […]
Seven Questions with Sunny Moraine
I am certain my first exposure to Sunny's writing was in the Shimmer submissions. And I thought "hey, what a voice! What is this person doing in this story, oh em gee? What can this narrative teach me?" Sunny always teaches me something, which is another reason I'm excited to read Crowflight from Masque Books. […]
Here & There
Dear reader, I have been engaged in that time-honored practice of ego surfing. Yes, it's true! So, here's a link to doings around the interwebs when it comes to RINGS OF ANUBIS. I'm coming to learn how challenging it can be to get your books into the hands of people who will read them and […]
Seven Questions with Chris Howard
I first discovered Chris through his artwork, chiefly because he illustrated a story for Shimmer (#10). It's amazing how small the world sometimes seems, because here we are, rubbing shoulders at Masque, each of us having a book released from them this month! Chris's book is SALVAGE, part of his Seaborn series—which, going beyond a […]
The State of the Garden
Gardening. I lovehate it so much. A few years ago, the HOA here took an empty plot of land and divided it into twelve garden plots. Those who were interested could buy a plot and plant it up. Given that the flowerbed inside my fence is tiny and shady and no place to grow vegetables, […]