My Genre
The more I write and the more I read, the more it seems I gravitate toward the genre of Historical Ladies Kicking Butt. Eleanor Folley, whose third adventure arrives next week, certainly fits into that category. The loss of her mother as a child spurred her toward a life that ended up mirroring her mother’s […]
The Lenten Quiet
Lent is the span of days from Ash Wednesday to Easter, during which Christians are encouraged to fast and give up luxuries as a form of penitence. I would not describe myself as religious (two roads diverged in a gloomy wood, the mark of it still clear on my body), but Lent does usually cause […]
Fallout 4
Fallout 4 was my first in-depth experience with a game from Bethesda. (I dabbled with Skyrim and still have it, but never got far enough to feel I could say I’d actually played a game from them.) Fallout 4 was an amazing — and often frustrating — journey. There will be spoilers for the main […]
What I Know
Recently, I wished I knew what I was doing. Writing, mostly, I decided, but there are some things I know. Here we go: 1. Showing up is only half the deal. You want to be a published writer? Showing up is huge, but it’s only half the battle. Doing the work is the other half. […]
100
I’ve been having some conflicting feelings about writing these past few months. Writing is terrible. Writing is wonderful. Talk about extremes. This week, I sold my 100th original short story (not counting reprints). (And whoops, there is sale #101, too. Well.) That brought some feelings with it, too. In looking back, I don’t think it […]
The Honey Mummy
If you know anything about me, you should know one thing: I am not good at being patient. Waiting is the hardest thing. Not having a thing when you really want a thing? Clearly the worst! Being an author who is often put in a position where they have to sit on Really Good News? […]
Writing, Mostly
I wish I knew what I was doing. I’ve been publishing for sixteen years now (writing for even longer?!), and still don’t know. What the hell is this? Writing is the dumbest job. Are there performance reviews? Promotions? Bonuses? Vacation ti– aahahahaa. A long time ago, a friend said “I will not walk into the […]
Yellow
I never much liked the color yellow. Maybe it’s because in my youth, I was sent a hideous yellow cable-knit sweater, that didn’t compliment my bosom or my skin tone. Yellow makes me look like I’m in possession of some terrible disease and should have died three years ago. Yellow and I never really got […]
2016: I Want To
They’re really not resolutions — they’re just things I want to do. Writing: Short stories: I want to write two new stories a month, at least. January always means the flash fiction challenge in my writing group, too, which will give me four new flash experiments by month’s end. I want to submit twice as […]
Some Sunsets, 2015
It’s amusing, how I planned to do this, and then discovered someone else does it as well. Enjoy the Colorado skies.