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 […]
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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
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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
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Would you like to see something cool? We’ve got the cover art for Glamour in Glass. It is really early to have this, but since Tor has given the okay, and it is gorgeous, I’ve get to show it to you. You’ll notice that we’re moving to a photograph rather than historic art. The idea
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Dave Farland has these very cool conference calls through his Authors’ Advisory, where folks can call in and talk to an author. Tonight it is me! At 8:45 EST, I’ll be talking about the Long and the Short of Fiction. Or puppets! Or SFWA. Ask away. You can get instructions on how to call in
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I am very, very pleased to announce that my short story, “For Want of a Nail” is on the Hugo ballot this year. I got to sit in the crowd at Norwescon and watch the Hugo nominations be announced, live. This was a lot of fun. Especially when my name went up on the screen
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I’ve just returned from buying a pair of running shoes. I told my nephew that I would run a 5k with him. What was I thinking? Sure, I didn’t tell him when I’d run it, but it still obligates me to at least start the process. Right now I can run about half a block.
Why did I agree to run a 5k? I don’t run. Read More »
Hey, Portland! Tomorrow night, Tuesday April 19th at 7:00pm, SFWA launches the Pacific Northwest Reading Series. This free quarterly series is at the Kennedy School. You know what that means, right? You’re in a pub listening to some of the best Science Fiction and Fantasy the Pacific Northwest has to offer. What could be better? You’ll
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This is my first novella and is the cover story for the June 2011 issue of Asimov’s. To say that I’m delighted would be a missing the part where I danced around the apartment like a four year-old on too much sugar. I adore the art by Jacques Barbey that goes with the story. I
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Last year, I participated in the audio anthology Metatropolis: Cascadia from Audible.com. It was a shared world anthology, built on a story by Jay Lake about what might happen to the Pacific Northwest in the future. Because the stories in the anthology were written specifically for audio, it shaped many of the choices I made
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I’ve just posted the draft of Chapter 17 for those of you reading along with The Transfigured Lady. Mr. Jernigan offered her a hand down from the trolley, but Cora handed him one of the bottle’s of Big Sam’s Magic Elixir instead. She hopped down with the other bottle tucked under her arm. “What are
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My mother-in-law, who clearly understands, sent me a link to a useful picture. Discover Magazine’s blog has a hilarious and unfortunately accurate graph of the writing process. It’s about writing articles, but it could apply to fiction with only a few minor substitutes.
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