Write Hive is a writers' organization a writer friend belongs to. She contacted me nearly a year ago about this con, which they were putting together to be a virtual con, so that anyone with access to a computer could attend ( Read more... )

 Copied over from asakiyume''s journal: this lovely, lovely novelette is now out!

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Today I'm doing an AMA at r/fantasy. If you have time, come talk books, reccos . . .

Today's Decameron story is by Heather Rose Jones.

Yesterday finished a first draft of a book, now onward with the next!

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An Australian writer friend, Gillian Polack, has been doing Women's History Month for years. This year she asked me for a post and I provided one on formative historical fiction by women ( Read more... )

A companion post to the one the other day on character investment.

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A Valentine's Day reflection.

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I thought this essay by Jenifer Stevenson was worth reading, especially in the toxic bombardment of Roman circus news media feeding on the criminality and corruption in government.

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I got a kick out of this post by Tolkien metallica fans (of which there are more than a few). It's not so much the ranking that make me snicker, it's the voice ( Read more... )

So grateful for many things, including the rain I hear outside the window. That's right, RAIN, in November! Usually I'm sitting around in a tank top this time of year, worrying about my relatives in fire danger areas ( Read more... )

Francesca Forrest has really lovely story out called "The Boy on the Roof."

It might take you ten minutes to read, but if you have twenty minutes, I highly recommend C.S.E. Cooney's reading. (And ordinarily I am NOT one for audiobooks, except if I'm stuck in a car alone on a long drive, then they are my new best friend.)

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