I know, I know… It wasn’t on the list of names we were considering, but allow me to explain why it fits her so well. Sadie is short for Sarah, which means “princess” or “lady.” You can see that she has already made her position clear in the household. Sadie Peterson Delaney was the head […]
New Cat has a name… Welcome Sadie. Read More »
Last week, I got a phone call from Peggy Rae Sapienza, who is one of the co-chairs of World Fantasy. She had a favor to ask. I like it when she asks me for favors. The one before this was, “Would you mind running the Whiskey tasting with Guy Gavriel Kay on the Wednesday before WFC starts?”
I am the Toastmaster for World Fantasy in D.C. this year Read More »
So far, I can tell you that she’s very affectionate, has tiny little vocalizations, and looooooooves being brushed. As in, she will lie down and air-knead while you are working on her. Her fur is a little scraggly because she’s had a rough go, but I think she’ll bounce back quickly.
She and Marlowe have seen each other, but not been allowed in the same room together yet. They both are curious, but we want to give her time to feel more comfortable with the space before tossing a giant at her.
Meet our new cat, name to be determined Read More »
I have this theory when I teach writing, that it’s easier to learn things if you break them into separate techniques. One of the things a writer needs to learn is how to edit. It can be totally overwhelming, which is why you’ll hear the advice about “Turn off your Internal Editor” when writing. I
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I inherited three things from Grandma: two cast iron skillets, and her mother’s cookbook. This morning, I made the eggless corn muffins. 1 1/8 cup flour 1 1/8 cups yellow corn meal 1/2 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups sour milk 1 tablespoon melted shorting. Sift
Eggless corn muffin recipe from my Great-grandma Stephens’s cookbook Read More »
We had to say goodbye to our cat Harriet today. She was fine last week, but then lethargic over the weekend and when we took her in to the vet… The decline was very fast. Rob and I spent last night cuddling with her. She was such a lap cat, that it was easy to think
What you are about to see is not brilliant dancing. It is, instead, an example of the ways in which my husband loves me. Before we got married, I had the standard checklist that people develop on things that their partner must have. One of those, for me, was ballroom dancing. My parents met in a
Dancing and accounting as an expression of love. Twue wuv… Read More »
Last year, I got a package in the mail that is the very definition of bitter-sweet. It was from Jay Lake. I say that it was bitter-sweet because I knew what it was. I’d heard Jay talk about this project. This is his genome, woven by Astrid Bear. More specifically, it’s the base pair sequence of
This is the Jay Lake genome scarf Read More »
I have a 2300 word short story, that I’d love to have a few beta-readers on. It’s been ages, but this is actually one I wrote just for fun so there’s no rush on feedback. Here’s a teaser. Rockets Red Watching his mother kneel awkwardly in her rented space suit, Aaron worried his lower
Have time to beta-read a 2300 word SF short story? Read More »
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Protected: Draft: Rockets Red Read More »
I have three doctor’s appointments within the space of a week. Not because I am drastically ill, but because my insurance will not allow my doctor to bill for more than one thing at a time. All of this could have been done at one appointment, but I can’t even book them on the same day.
American health insurance is so stupid. Read More »
So this is what it’s like tour when Marie Brennan and I tour together.
Video: On tour with the Marie and Mary show Read More »
Several years ago, I was talking with a puppeteer friend of mine who had helped me land an audition. I thanked him for that. He said, “But you helped me get the part on Avenue Q. That’s what we do. You gave me a boost up the ladder. Now I’m in a better place to pull you
Some thoughts about diversity, writing, and why it’s selfishly important Read More »
This is a difficult video to watch, because it frankly discusses living with multiple severe mental illnesses. And it’s important, because it is difficult. We hope to raise awareness: not only for Robison’s problems, but to use his example as a basis for storytelling, for raising awareness. Not all of the symptoms of mental illness
There’s a cut scene from VALOUR AND VANITY included in this fundraiser… Read More »
Ooo! Look what the post brought me! @Paul_Cornell
Withdrawing from Wiscon due to illness. Darn it. Read More »