Here are the much delayed and often promised pictures of the finish work on the lamb. As you might remember, I had to make significant changes to the taxidermy form. Once that was finished, I began covering the lamb with lambskin. I looked for a good fake fur version, but could only find them in […]
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Lisa Mantchev has one of the most devilish games for giving away an ARC that I’ve yet seen. She’s set up a scavenger hunt to collect Shakespearean quotes from across the internet. If you like her writing, and you should, and can’t wait for her new book “Eyes Like Stars” to come out, then start
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Mike Brotherton, who taught the Launchpad Workshop, had a brilliant idea. A lot of people get their ideas about science from fiction, but the problem is that much of the science in fiction is really bad — like that whole exploding in vacuum thing. So he decided to put together an online anthology of science
Diamonds in the Sky Released – Free fiction Read More »
I’ll see you at Wiscon, one of my favorites.
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My literary dad, Ken Scholes, introduced me to my wonder-agent, Jennifer Jackson. Today is the release of his debut novel, Lamentation from Tor. Ken is one of my dearest friends and he’s also one of my favorite authors, which is a handy combination. If you’re in the Seattle area, you can head over the the
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As part of the month of birthday experiences, I threw a Favorite Childhood Food Potluck. The rules were that you could bring the actual item or a grown up rendition of it. It was a tremendous amount of fun, but not clearly thought through. Why? Because everyone’s favorite childhood food was a dessert. We had
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Today was fairly laid back. After all the running around that I’ve been doing over the past month or so with shows and whatnot, yesterday was the first real breather I’ve had. Naturally, faced with nothing else to do, my body decided to get sick. Fortunately, it seems to have been fairly mild and is
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. This is a very worthy cause and they are holding a “lottery” to give out a variety of
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I got an email from Neil Clarke, the editor of Clarkesworld magazine, saying: “This month, we’re running our annual Clarkesworld Magazine Reader’s Poll. We’re asking people to pick their three favorite stories and covers published in 2008…” This is relevant because my story, Clockwork Chickadee, is one of the stories published in 2008. If you’ve
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This week’s column is up at AMC and in honor of Valentine’s Day, I cover the structure of fantasy romance. Confession: I’m a hopeless romantic, but I’ve never had that much interest in Valentine’s Day. My husband and I celebrate the day after Valentine’s because that’s when we met, but that’s the closest the day
. . You can register for the Nebula Weekend online now. Besides one of the industry’s best ways to mingle with top notch SF writers, editors and agents, this year’s weekend also includes some key notables, like, um Joss Whedon, who will be there in person. LOS ANGELES—Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America will
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12:30 Finished recording the latest project, now I just have to edit out the icky bits. # 18:08 Finished recording and editing, but dang, the upload is taking forever. # 23:43 Weird. I didn’t have to go to the theater today. I’m actually starting to catch up on things. Next thing you know I’ll clean
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Rob finally had his physical while I was away. In fact, that’s why he didn’t go with me to the birthday retreat, because the only date he could get was smack in the middle of it. While I was in Chattanooga, I told one of my cousins, who’s a surgeon, about the physical. He looked
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In a moment of total geekiness, I stopped in the bookstore to see where I’d land on the shelf. Between Stephen King and Nancy Kress. That does not suck.
If I were on a bookshelf… Read More »
Meanwhile, back at the ranch… The show I’m working on is in previews and I’m busily doing things like making foam tubes to turn a table into a wrestling ring– that’s hard to explain. I think it makes sense in the context of the show. Maybe… The really interesting bit is that I’ve been making
Disappearing ink and theater Read More »