I’ve got two different short fiction workshops scheduled for January. The first is my Writing on the Fast Track, which is a seven-week course that meets once a week for two-hours. It starts on Tuesday, January 10th. This covers the same material as my weekend intensives, but is for folks who find time pressure the […]
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I am so incredibly pleased and honored that AudioFile has picked Ghost Talkers as one of the best audiobooks of 2016. Also floored. Just to put this into perspective for folks who aren’t in the audiobook industry… The AudioFile Magazine editors maintain an archive of more than 40,000 reviews and pick the 2016 books from the list
Woot! GHOST TALKERS is one of AudioFile’s best audiobooks of 2016! Read More »
So… hey. I went on book tour for Ghost Talkers in November, specifically, the week of the election. It was…difficult. Audiences were way, way down as in — places where I’d previously had standing room only were half-empty. At this point, it’s not likely to hurt me because, honestly, the book itself came out in
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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a number of people tell me that they had made their first appointment with a therapist. They told me because they didn’t feel safe telling their family. Let that sink in for a minute. A complete stranger was safer than their family. Are you one of those
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Rob and I have been married for fifteen years now and I remain as happily in love as ever. The nature of the way that love expresses itself changes over the years. Our first anniversary was spent at a resort where we met up during the middle of a puppet theater tour I was on.
15 years! Here’s what our anniversary plans are. Read More »
I’m heading out on book tour this week. Maybe I’m coming to your town? Tuesday November 8 – 7:00 PM University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 Wednesday November 9 – 6:30 PM Murder by the Book 2342 Bissonnet St Houston, TX 77005 Thursday November 10 – 7:30 PM Mysterious Galaxy 5943 Balboa Ave #100
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I participate in NaNoWriMo every year, but it’s not for everyone, and that’s okay. The thing I want you to know, as we go through the month, is that you don’t have to feel pressured into writing. So I want to talk a little about some commonly passed around advice that can make you feel
NaNoWriMo and looking at some terrible advice. Read More »
Sometimes, someone you’re fond of turns out to be an asshole. Holding them accountable is part of being a friend. It helps them be better. I have a colleague/student/friend who has been awful to other people. Not to me, and that isn’t a defense. Ever. Their behavior is inexcusable. Defending my asshole friend’s behavior would make me complicit in it,
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Kate had an infectious laugh. She would be sitting, quietly knitting on something, and you might be fooled into thinking that she wasn’t paying attention, but then she would come out with a zinger. Her sense of play expressed itself in words. The cruelest thing about the cancer she fought was that it stole her
For Of Noble Family, I made the dress on the cover of the novel from a sari. I’m extremely proud of my work on that, because it’s historically accurate and also that entire thing is handsewn. It also is an excellent metaphor for cultural appropriation. I took a perfectly good, and beautiful Indian garment, cut it
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Happy book release day to Seanan McGuire and Once Broken Faith. I’m the narrator for the audiobooks for her October Daye series and these are some of my favorite books to narrate. Compelling characters? Oh yes. But I think that Seanan doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the quality of her prose. It’s really easy to
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I’m teaching a short story workshop that’s specifically for people who are having trouble control length and structure. WHEN: Sunday, October 2, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM (CDT) – Add to Calendar When people are struggling to write short fiction, the problem usually begins with the idea. It often leads to a story that
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Lauren Zurchin came through Chicago and we had some fun doing a photo shoot. There are more photos, so this is just a teaser. One of the interesting things about a lot of the volunteer groups in WWI was that they had to wear a uniform, but they also had to supply it. This meant that
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The British Sound Archives has a recording of Arthur Conan Doyle talking about how he came to write Sherlock Holmes and his beliefs about Spiritualism. This was recorded in 1930 and is fascinating. He relies on personal experiments to prove that it worked and sees Spiritualism as something that can exist side-by-side with other belief
Arthur Conan Doyle! Talking about spiritualism. Read More »