Journal

I’m recording Without a Summer this week and keep having these moments where I realize that I’ve written a word that I’ve never said aloud. “Indecorous” or “coppice.” Normally, I do a significant amount of prep before I record an audio book but the turnaround was pretty tight on this given when Audible needs it and

If you want to know what’s going on with Jane and Vincent, Tor.com has put the first two chapters of Without a Summer up on their website. Here’s the opening paragraph as a teaser: Jane, Lady Vincent could never be considered a beauty, but possessed of a loving husband and admirable talent, had lived thirty years

I bought a new typewriter as an early birthday present for myself.  It’s a Corona #3 Special from the 1920s or 30s and it folds. The original Corona #3 was a popular typewriter with war correspondents during WWI due to its compact size. The Special was slightly larger, because it had a longer platen and

I’m heading into the studio next week to record Without a Summer for Audible.com. I am excited to be tackling this but… I need a bit of help. One of the characters is a working class Londoner in 1816. In the written version of the book, Paul Cornell kindly read through and helped adjust the dialogue out

I’d like to invite you to participate in the Month of Letters Challenge. Allow me to explain. Two years ago, I took the month of September off from the internet. I needed to escape from distractions. I invited my readers to write me paper letters and I promised that I would write back. To my

Macmillan library has a quiz on their site, which I’m totally stealing since that one is  just for librarians, so if you aren’t a librarian, make a guess here. I’ll draw a name from the people who guess correctly and send out a trade paperback of Glamour in Glass. Let’s say you have until Saturday at

On the train to ConFusion I finished the draft of the novel version of Kiss Me Twice.  Those of you reading along, I’ve posted the remaining chapters so you can start with Chapter 33 and read through to the end.

D & D dice Hugo rocket sans base duct tape the broken bridge (remember to fix the workman’s ankle) microphone clothes Regency dress flasks, all three makeup hair gel costume for Aicaidi fundraiser photo shoot script for audio book ARC of Without a Summer Copies of TB of Glamour in Glass to give away. Month of Letters

I’ll be at Immortal ConFusion this week as Special GoH. If you want to know where to find me, here’s my schedule of events. Friday 7:00 PM  Inclusion in an Expanding Fandom – Michigan The fan culture embraces a lot of things, and one defining quality of a geek is to love something so much that

Such fun! The dog is TreT from the Ukraine and you can read more about him and his owner, Evgeny Elchaninov, at OddityCentral.

Want to meet my husband and learn the basics of winemaking? He’s teaching a class at City Winery Chicago, where’s he’s the winemaker, on January 23rd. Meet the winemaker at City Winery! The basics of winemaking with Robert Kowal, our resident winemaker extraordinaire.  Nestled in the midst of our winery, this class will cover the