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Trekking Through the First Draft
Or, How Everything I Need to Know About Writing I Learned From Backpacking the Appalachian Trail In 2004, fresh out of college, I hiked the length of the Appalachian Trail. It was a 2,183-mile hike...
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The Clarion West Write-a-thon, Year 2: Now with Rewards!
That is, Year 2 of me participating in it. Not Year 2 of the Write-a-thon. It’s been going on for a quite a bit longer than that. Clarion West is a six-week intensive writing workshop for people who...
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A Quiet Weekend at Westercon
Westercon has a long and prestigious history– it’s been around since 1948, and has been hosted in various western cities every year since. It’s a bit like WorldCon, moving from city to city, and this...
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A Weekend at the World Fantasy Convention
Amongst the various conventions I’ve attended over the past few years, World Fantasy was an unusual one. There were no cosplayers, no fan panels, no Masquerade. In the dealers’ room, only books and a...
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Story Acceptance for “After Death…”
I’ve known about this for a couple months, but at last I can announce it: I sold a short story to Eric J. Guignard’s anthology “After Death…”, which will be published by Dark Moon Books in Spring 2013!...
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The Next Big Thing: My Current Project and Three Awesome New Writers
I’ve now written two stories for Eric J. Guignard‘s fantastic anthologies, and so last week when he invited me to take part in The Next Big Thing, I immediately said yes. It’s a simple exercise,...
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Podcast Up At Every Day Fiction
The first story I ever got accepted, From Here to the Sargasso, is now available as a podcast on Every Day Fiction. The podcast is produced and narrated by the inimitable Folly Blaine, who has my...
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Anthology Release Day!
The anthology After Death…, which contains my story Someone to Remember, is now available in print at Barnes & Noble (link) and Amazon (link). Huzzah! On a personal note, it’s rather ironic my...
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Norwescon: Roses, Onions, and Assorted Vegetation
Norwescon was a blast this year. For me, it was also a bit of a healing process, a reassurance that yes, life is still totally awesome. It was great– even more so than usual– to hang out with friends,...
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A Brief Note and Well Wishes to Jay Lake
Jay Lake, one of the most liked and well-respected members of the sci-fi/fantasy writing community, received a terminal diagnosis yesterday after battling Stage 4 cancer for years. I highly recommend...
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Labels: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Disclaimer: This post deals with some heavy material. If you don’t feel like reading about the politics of SFWA, or about my personal beliefs on religion, you may want to skip this post. The reason I’m...
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Let the Write-a-Thon Commence (3 Days Ago)
It’s that magical time of year: when you can go outside in Seattle in shorts, when days are actually more likely to be sunny than not, and when the locals start complaining about the heat anytime the...
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Free Speech in the Era of Political Correctness: A Helpful Guide
Over the past few weeks, the speculative fiction writing community (in particular, the writers’ organization SFWA) has been embroiled in a seemingly unending string of controversies as a series of...
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Clarion Write-a-thon Midpoint (3 Days Ago) Update
As of today, we’re on Day 24 of 42 in the Clarion West Write-a-thon, and I’m pleased to say that so far I’m on track to meet my goal. In 23 days, I’ve written 23,356 words, just over my...
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Clarion West Write-a-thon Wrapup
On August 3, Clarion West 2013– and with it the Clarion West Write-a-thon– came to an end. Ultimately, I didn’t quite make my word count goal. My final tally was 36,247 words; my goal had been 42,000....
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Science Fiction in San Antonio
LoneStarCon 3, the 71st Annual World Science Fiction Convention (aka WorldCon), took place in San Antonio over Labor Day weekend. I’d been looking forward to this con even more than usual– it’s been my...
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New Story Appearing in “Lakeside Circus”
I’m happy to announce that one of my short stories will be appearing in the debut issue of Lakeside Circus. Lakeside Circus is a new quarterly magazine, edited by Carrie Cuinn, and in its first issue...
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New Story Up at Waylines!
Issue 6 of Waylines Magazine is out, and I’m pleased to announce that I have a story in it! The title is Best Regards, and it’s more than a little bit inspired by the day job I’ve held the past couple...
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A Few Notes on Published Stories
Best Regards, Waylines Magazine Waylines Magazine is holding a Reader’s Choice Poll for Best Story of the Year, and Best Regards, which was published earlier this month, is in the running. If you read...
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Story up at Lakeside Circus (and Happy New Year!)
A couple months ago, I announced that I had sold a story to Lakeside Circus. That story is available on their website now, and can be read here: Natalie I’ll have a New Year’s post coming in the next...
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