This past year has rushed by like a Japanese bullet train, and my blog has been a Dickensian orphan: neglected, unloved, and underfed. So I’m belatedly creating posts about hiking adventures, conferences, and reading highlights in 2018. Bear with me, since there will be no attempt at chronology. My last post was about bobcats, and […]
I’ve returned from another glorious weekend at WisCon, the World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction Convention. Excellent panels and discussions–more about those below. But first, photos! When I arrived in Madison late on Friday, the sky was all vermillion and dreamy. It boded well. Next, I befriended an imposing Dalek. This stunning creature was fashioned from […]
Today is the launch day for my novel, and I am deliriously happy! Requiem in La Paz is a dark fantasy set in Bolivia, featuring a former violin prodigy, a doomed heir to a mining fortune, and a forensic pathologist who studies mummies. You can get the paperback or Kindle version at Amazon, or the […]
Thanks so much to my fellow author, Kate Lansing, for including me in today’s Blog Hop. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a fantastic group of storytellers since becoming a full-time writer, and I’m excited to join their conversation about writing. And now, let’s hop to it! What are you working on? I’m doing final […]
So, I’m back from Wiscon 37! What is Wiscon? It’s the World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, for one thing. It’s also the place where writers and scholars and SF/F fans get to talk about ideas and books that they love. Every time I go to Wiscon, I come home with a huge list […]
For a long time, I’ve been meaning to read Karen Russell’s short story collection St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. But somehow, every time I reached for it, a novel of some sort got in my way. I love short fiction, but it seems I have to be in a certain mood to […]
One cannot fly in two directions at once. I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken. A lyrical novel about music, art, philosophy, and prejudice, Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina has got to be one of the most ambitious YA fantasies I’ve recently read. Seraphina‘s protagonist is a brilliant young musician who must conceal […]
I’ve loved J.R.R. Tolkien fiercely for many years. When I finally got to see The Hobbit on the big screen, I was simultaneously entranced, delighted, and dismayed. Very mixed feelings. I think I’ll have to see the film at least three more times before I’ll know how I REALLY feel. I got home from the […]