The trade paperback of Shades of Milk and Honey releases today! There are three things that are exciting about that. 1. It’s cheaper! 2. It has Chapter One of Glamour in Glass in it. 3. I have a game for you, Shades and Glamour. Shades and Glamour is based on an alternate history of the […]
Shades of Milk and Honey out in trade paperback today Read More »
One of the interesting things about dialogue is that you can convey a great deal of information with it. However, any given line can mean something totally different depending upon the context. The narrative provides the context through setting, pace, action, and internal motivation. For instance, take the phrase “What did you say?” By adding
Exercise: Using narration and context to shape dialogue Read More »
Technically, Friday was the first day of the con but since I got here on Thursday it feels like Day 2 for me. We started with the opening ceremonies which were short and simple. The various GoH’s introduced themselves and said, “hello” to the audience. Martin Young, the Toastmaster, gave me the straight line of
I’m at BayCon and I have to say they are treating me very nicely. Fresh fruit in my room. Dark chocolate. Mmm… Yesterday was lowkey. Tobi Schneider met me at the train station and took me around to get me oriented. I saw John Picacio, Artist GoH last night and we caught up. I also
I’m hopping on a train to Santa Clara TODAY for BayCon, where I’m one of their Guests of Honor. I’m looking forward to seeing the always fantastic art Goh John Picacio and to meeting Fan GoH Bobbie DuFault and Toastmaster Martin Young. I’ve got my schedule below, but wanted to point out a couple of
My BayCon GoH Schedule Read More »
I’m currently at the airport waiting for my flight home. My original flight was cancelled and the new one is delayed. The bonus is that it gives me time to blog for the first time this weekend. The Nebula Award weekend was great fun but busy. Since I was there as both a nominee and
A really truncated Nebula Weekend summary Read More »
I finally realized that the reason I was slowing down with the Transfigured Lady is that I had hit the 2/3rds mark. I seem to always need to stop and reread about here so that I can make sure that things are still moving along in the direction I want them to go. Even though
Chapter 21 of The Transfigured Lady is posted Read More »
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Protected: The Transfigured Lady draft: Chapter 20 Read More »
Hurrah! Shades of Milk and Honey is one of the five finalists for the award for Best First Novel given by Locus. I’m also happy to see so many books on there that I loved. Yay! The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US) Shades of
Shades of Milk and Honey is a 2011 Locus Award Finalists Read More »
As one of the rewards for our Kickstarter campaign to take our puppet play “Whatnot” to WorldCon, I’m offering an unpublished short story. This is exclusively available to our donors, whether we make our funding goal or not. All you have to do is donate, and the story will be visible to you. Even if
A story for our Kickstarter contributors. Read More »
Help me, Bio Wan. You’re my only hope. I’ve been asked to write a longform bio for BayCon, where I will be Guest of Honor at the end of the month. (Please come!) Writing bios gives me a sad face. They’ve asked for something 300-500 words long. I’ve just carved a 390 out of granite
Some days I just need a break from the apartment. I love it, but there are times when I want people around. So today, I headed over to Case Study Coffee and dropped a line to some writer friends to come hang out. Felicity Shoulders sat across from me drawing. Kelley Caspari worked on a
Hanging at Case Study with the gang Read More »
I realized that I talk about our cats Harriet and Marlowe quite a bit but that I’ve never introduced you to our pencil-necked little weasel. Here’s a photo of him lounging with Harriet in the sun. His name is Neil and he’s an exceptionally friendly and intelligent pencil-necked little weasel. While he can be a
Photos of our Pencil-Necked Little Weasel Read More »
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Protected: The Transfigured Lady draft: Chapter 19 Read More »
As an experiment, I’m selling an electronic version of “For Want of a Nail” with the equivalent of DVD extras. There are a couple of places where you can read the story for free, such as my website or the forthcoming Hugo voter’s packet. The 99 cent version has a little more. It has the original
For Want of a Nail, now with bonus features. Read More »