February has a cluster of births for my family. I’d planned to be home for Mom’s birthday, in addition to Grandma’s and mine, but had to shift my schedule around for the show. However, I’d remind you about how completely awesome my mother is. She’s not just supportive of my brother and me, she’s also […]
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Two of my favorite people in the world have just announced wonderful, wonderful news about a collaboration they are working on. Go congratulate Jen and Ken Scholes who say: “My flist may or may not have noticed that I’ve been somewhat absent the last few months. Though I’ve been quiet, I’ve not been idle. ..
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10:43 You can tell you’ve been gone for a week when breakfast = birthday cake. # 12:01 Heading out for lunch with @scalzi now. Truly, the fun, it never ends. # 13:22 Novel + sold = Best Birthday present EVER. Short form: to @2muchexposition of Tor by @arcaedia Long form: tinyurl.com/bnkenp # 17:22 Thank you
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I’ll start with the important stuff. Shades of Milk and Honey, my Jane Austen with magic novel, has sold to Liz Gorinsky at Tor in a two-book deal. My fabulous agent, Jennifer Jackson, and I have been sitting on this news for a little over a week while we worked out details. Hardest thing ever.
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I have safely arrived in NYC and had surprisingly good transit karma. The bus pulled up just as I walked out from baggage claim. I am going to stop by the apartment long enough to drop off my bag, swap to the tiny computer and kiss Rob, before running off to the theater. My shopping
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This is a reading of my short story “Nails in My Feet” from the Borderlands reading. Many thanks to Pip R. Lagenta for recording it. And for posting it yesterday as a birthday present.
Well, my guests have all gone to bed and I’m mostly packed. I decided to catch an early flight back to New York because there are some things going on with the show that need attention and it’ll be less stressful to just fly back and deal with it myself. I have to tell you
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The birthday celebrations have been going on all week of course, but yesterday was pretty spectacular. In the morning Steven Gould — whose birthday it actually was — had released the theme ingredient for the Iron Chef Battle we had planned. [1. Originally we were going to do it today, but decided to move it
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I was a little distracted today but still managed to wrap up a story and edit another. At one point, to keep from checking my email every two minutes, I headed into the kitchen to start cooking and made some Deep, Dark Chocolate cookies. Gluten free, I’ll have you note. We all trouped out to
Writing Retreat Day 3 Read More »
My AMC column this week is on my favorite childhood movies. Not surprisingly, there’s a high incidence of fantasy film in there.
AMC : Turning 40 With Mary Poppins Read More »
This is a 4400 word horror story with some adult situations. I’d like to ask for readers before sending it out. It’s in password protected post so drop me a line and I’ll tell you what the new password is. Echoes and steam swirled around Nanna, merging with warm water and easing the ache in
Readers Wanted: Ring Road Read More »
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Protected: Ring Road Read More »
My grandmother is 104 years old today. She is just as sharp and together as always. She’s cracking jokes and having a grand old time today. My cousin called from Badgdad, which I think is farther away than any of her other birthday wishes. For those of you who read Born in 1905, yes, that’s
Jay Lake sent me this link to the Guardian today, so you know, I clicked through out of curiosity. The headline was “The next generation of SF Writers” and then there’s a photo of a spiral arm galaxy, the caption of which is, “In a galaxy far, far away … Hill, Kowal or Scholes?” Um.Â
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The last of our guests arrived today bringing us to ten plus my folks to make an even dozen. I have to say that this was a brilliant idea to throw this house party/writing retreat. While I’m a little distracted because I’m working on the show remotely, mostly I’m hunkering down and getting writing done,
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