I don't have a lot of short fiction to submit places these days, what with spending any fiction-writing time on my novel, but I did finally get off my duff and submit some of my flash-fiction pieces around. Most of these are from an "alphabet collab" I did with my husband, Tim Pratt and our friend, Greg van Eekhout, where we divided up the alphabet ( Read more... )

My science-fiction drug story, "Little M@tch Girl" is up at Escape Pod. There's a discussion about it on their discussion boards. Normally, I find discussions of my work terrifying and, often, upsetting, but this one (so far) isn't bothering me much. In fact, I'm pretty pleased with many of the comments. I know: I'm totally jinxing myself by saying ( Read more... )

I thought I should stop by the old blog here and give y'all an update on how things are going. I'll start with the resolutions ( Read more... )

So, on New Year's Day I took River to Ikea, where they were promoting free kid's meals in their (already cheap) little restaurant. Then I let him play with their demo toys, then test the hinges in several of the "rooms" they have set-up. The upstairs at Ikea, on a non-crowded day, is actually pretty cool for a well-supervised toddler. Everything is ( Read more... )

Ok, this year, I'm doing resolutions. I'm even making them public. Whoo, accountability ( Read more... )

Well, I can't remember the last time I so looked forward to the promise of a New Year. Seriously, 2009, you can suck it. Having my income slashed, then losing the job altogether during the worst economic recession in my lifetime has been and is fucking terrifying. I'm so glad this year is almost over ( Read more... )

• 13:37 Brutal 1st day back @ gym yesterday = brutally sore chest/ back/ arms today. That + lingering con crud + crazy toddler madness= uuuuggghhhh. #
• 15:18 Oh, for fuck's sake. #
• 16:26 @ jennreese Black elderberry pills (Nalo's suggestion). Also: humidifier @ night. Tylenol cold during the day, NyQuil @ night. And SLEEP! #
• 20:04 @ jennreese Oooh, you' ( Read more... )

• 13:57 River likes to feed me. Sometimes, I let him, and sometimes it's already been in his mouth. Or worse. #
• 14:05 @ paolobacigalupi Wow! That's awesome! And well-deserved! #
• 15:05 @ shunn Awwww! #
• 15:46 Huh. I wonder if sunscreen will stain carpet. #
• 23:04 @ jennreese That residual WFC fatigue is killing me, too! Oof! #

• 14:51 Was at WFC, now I'm home. Tim went to take a nap. Me and River are hangin'. Miss writerly folks already. Etc. #
• 15:03 Beginning to think that using self-directed baby-play time to catch up on four days of tweets was not the best use of my time. Maybe. #
• 15:15 @ shunn Sorry we missed saying good-bye! Great to see you at the con! #
• 15:17 Guess ( Read more... )

• 13:17 @ paolobacigalupi NooooooOOoooo! #
• 15:25 Lately, I've taken to throwing all the laundry in together, on cold, instead of sorting by color, temp. etc. #
• 23:49 @ kmeisner Amen, sister! My eyes glaze w/ all the sports posts/ tweets! #
• 00:00 Had a great time reminiscing and catching up with old friends tonight! #
• 09:32 @ susanmarie Ugh, so sorry! #