After finishing the rough draft of my new novel, I walked around in a daze for nearly a week. If you’ve ever tried to write a manuscript of any kind, you know what the endgame feels like: obsessive bursts of elation, plummeting depths of despair. I already have a folder on my computer dedicated to […]
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Cover Art for “Requiem in La Paz”
At last, here’s the cover art for my forthcoming novel, Requiem in La Paz! Dulcinea is very happy with her complimentary review copy. Requiem in La Paz is a dark romantic fantasy set in Bolivia, featuring a Faustian bargain, a former child prodigy, and a mountain that swallows men. Damon Za’s evocative cover design perfectly […]
Why I Write What I Do
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 […]
Robin’s Egg Blues
It’s been a remarkable summer. I haven’t been blogging, and I don’t feel guilty at all. Why not? Perhaps because I’ve written 20,000 words in the last month and a half. It’s been fun, pure and simple. People say writing is a torment, an agony. Not true. Sometimes, trying to give voice to what’s in […]
Wiscon 37 Convention Report
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 […]
Swift Rejection
If you’ve been in the writing business for any length of time, you’ve been rejected. No matter who you are, no matter how successful, someday you’re going to have one of those days when the agent passes on your manuscript, when the editor can’t find a spot for your story. Sometimes the blow comes swiftly, […]
The Finish Line
So I finished the last chapter of my novel. I wanted to celebrate the moment, but my husband was on the California Zephyr and the kitties were utterly indifferent and Dulcinea is still just a puppy and didn’t really get that it was a big deal. Fortunately, cell phones are marvelous devices for capturing a […]
Steering the Craft
Last night I sat up reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1998 book Steering the Craft, a collection of writing exercises for the “Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew.” I’m currently a lone navigator, getting used to being alone with my craft, so I marked a number of Le Guin’s writing exercises to try out later […]