This is a good writing exercise, so I’m going to recommend it to you. Heartily. Buy a magazine that you wouldn’t normally buy. Not something that you’ll hate but something that represents a different worldview from your own. Like Chickens, or OFFGRID, or Girls and Corpses. Read it cover to cover, including all the ads, the letters […]
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For reasons, I am oddly proud of the very end of this episode. This month’s Master Class episodes focus on pacing, and we’re dividing the concept of pacing into two parts: the first is the sense of progress within the story, and the second is the sense of the passage of time. In this episode
Writing Excuses 10.31: How Do I Control the Reader’s Sense of Progress? Read More »
While I’ve been visiting my parents, I’ve been making the occasional pie. The first night, I made a key lime pie and my youngest niece, who had never experienced one, fell in love with it. Not surprising. So, I made one the next week. It is one of the easiest pies to make, and people rave
Fresh vs. bottled key lime juice in a pie. A tasty, tasty experiment. Read More »
Hey Los Angeles! Here is a really rare opportunity to see me performing live puppetry. There’s a ton of brilliant puppeteers in LA and some of us are getting together for a Puppet Slam. Ninja Puppet Productions presents the LA Puppet Slam Shenaniganza! What is a Puppet Slam you ask? Good freakin’ question!
LA Puppet Slam Shenaniganza! Read More »
I wonder how effective this would be against social media?
Hugo Gernsback’s invention to help authors concentrate. Read More »
I have this memory, which is probably a series of memories, from when I was little. Mom and Dad had gotten a baby sitter and were going out. Mom was wearing a dress that I loved, that was pale, pale blue with little white embroidered stars scattered across it. She had a fluffy white petticoat
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I have a short SF story up at Lightspeed Magazine. Here’s a teaser of “The Consciousness Problem.” The afternoon sun angled across the scarred wood counter despite the bamboo shade Elise had lowered. She grimaced and picked up the steel chef’s knife, trying to keep the reflection in the blade angled away so it wouldn’t
My short story, “The Consciousness Problem” is up at Lightspeed Magazine Read More »
So, while Marie Brennan and I were on tour, we were talking about GIANT CLAW that she uses as part of the show and tell. I made an off-hand comment about it being a potential murder weapon and this somehow lead to me saying that I’d love to see a Lady Trent mashup with Miss Fisher’s Murder
Some of you have noticed that I’m cancelling a lot of appearances this summer. I was not initially going to talk about why, except to the people that my absence directly affects, but after a lot of conversation with my parents, we have decided to be open about it. My mom has Parkinson’s. On Monday,
Why I’m not attending WorldCon: Thoughts on privacy, family, and the writer’s life. Read More »
This makes me giggle with so much delight. So Mary Robinette Kowal and I were on tour back in May, which gave us abundant time to chat about various things. At one event, an audience member asked several questions that began with the disclaimer of “this probably isn’t a thing you’ve bothered to think about,
Marie Brennan wrote GLAMOURIST HISTORIES fanfic! Squeeeee!!! Read More »
I’ve been having a great time at the Henson workshop (yes, I will tell you about it at some point) but one of the things I’ve really loved is the way it makes me think about writing from a different angle. There are aspects of story-telling that seem to be consistent, even when we transition
Writing exercise: Who, What, and Where in 3 sentences Read More »
At 6:30, fifteen of us have gathered at the Jim Henson studios. It’s sunny so we’re meeting in the courtyard and chatting. I’m delighted to see Raymond Carr, who I worked with on Lazytown. I recognize one other woman who was in the audition group after mine. I don’t know anyone else. What is striking,
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Does anyone know how to turn off the mirroring on the front facing camera in Android? Let me explain why, before you jump to the comments to try to tell me that it’s a feature not a bug. I totally get why, under normal circumstances, having the image mirrored will make it easier for most folks
Android camera question: Can you turn off the mirroring on the front facing camera? Read More »
Before we get to the Jane Austen phone sex video, give me a moment of your time. Last month, I told you about my friends Nora and Bob and the horrific car accident they survived. This is their truck. So — there’s a fundraiser, and I’m helping with some Acts of Whimsy. I’m going to
Help Nora and Bob by listening to me read naughty Jane Austen. Read More »