I got an email this morning from D’vorah Lansky (who is a writing/marketing professional) talking about it being Ta Da Tuesday. The idea is that, instead of a To Do list, you make a Ta Da list and celebrate your
The Novella Hype
Last summer, Tor announced the creation of a new imprint dedicated to novellas. Last week they put out their list of inaugural titles, which seems to have caused a bit of a stir among the authors I talk to or
Speculative Fiction is a Product of its Time
If you remember, last year I acquired and read a short story collection of the best science fiction and fantasy stories from 1959. For those too lazy to click the link, I mentioned that I thought that most, if not
Reminder to BACK YOUR STUFF UP!
Don’t worry, Squiders, nothing got me. Well, nothing got my stuff. (I do, however, have an issue where, if I forget to uncheck the graphics driver update before my computer runs the updates, the new driver eats my display set-up.
Using Your Phone as a Notebook
First of all, though, I’ve been remiss on telling you guys about stuff. I have a new free short story, called Band of Turquoise, up at Turtleduck Press. Go read it! (It’s nice and short.) SF Signal featured Band of
The “Logic” of Fairy Tales
The other night, my husband was reading the small, mobile one Rapunzel. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, a pregnant woman craves the lettuce in the witch’s garden next door, and the witch says she can have it
New Short Story for Free!
You can read my new short story Band of Turquoise for free over at Turtleduck Press!