Here’s my Worldcon schedule! (I can’t believe we’re this close. I better pack.)
Yes, I’ll be in Dublin in just over a week!
So a few quick notes about when and where you can expect to find me:
Introduction to grimdarkFormat: Panel
16 Aug 2019, Friday 18:00 – 18:50, Wicklow Hall-1 (CCD)
Grimdark is a fantasy subgenre defined, amongst other things, by its cynical outlook and flawed protagonists. The term was originally pejorative, stemming from the Warhammer…
A little more about that whole option deal – and what to expect.
One of the things I’ve learned about the publishing process is that very often you cannot talk about your triumphs until months or even years later. Contracts might be signed, but announcements happen on a strict schedule. This business moves slowly…right up until it doesn’t.
Or, to put this more bluntly: The Ruin of Kings has been optioned to become a TV series.
But…what does that mean,…
Last year this article started making the rounds on facebook and social media. Various other sources have picked it up because…well go on, read it. It’s amazing, isn’t it? The core idea is like Lord of the Flies with knowledge instead of blood as the punchline. They took one thousand tablet PCs, still in boxes, dropped them off at two villages, and left. No instructions. No lesson plans.
T…
I’m not usually one for affirmations, but this. Every time I doubt myself: this.
I’ve finished the first draft of Blood Chimera. Once I’m finished with the first draft proofing and removing of all that passive voice (god oh god, why is it so damn easy for me to write in passive voice?) I’ll send the manuscript out for beta reading and, hopefully, walk away from it for a while. While people…
Because sometimes you just gotta blog about it. SFWA blows up…again. #sfwa http://wp.me/p3slsU-8E
For the last year, pretty much coinciding with my determination to make this writing thing really happen, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America has been embroiled with multiple strings of ugly controversies involving sexism, racism and the unfortunate growing pains of a changing marketplace and industry. Full disclosure: currently, I can’t join SFWA. I am an outsider, and I’ve never…
Okay, so let’s talk about “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” the new Guy Ritchie movie. (Hint: That means there are spoilers below.) First, you should know that I am a bit of a King Arthur nerd. Not so much that I have a degree in it or anything, but enough that one of my most cherished possessions is a several hundred year old copy of Le Mort d’Arthur. King Arthur references (some subtle, some…
Everything Changes, or how I am the luckiest woman in the world.
While this won’t be much of a surprised to the more experience, time moves slowly in the publishing world.
Right up until time moves fast.
And that was last month. A few weeks ago I signed with an agent, and I assumed–given the time it’s taken to get to this point, the yearsof work–that it would probably be months before I had any real news, that it would be a slow but steady knocking on doors as…
Mirror, Mirror: why it’s critical to have someone who can tell you you’re wrong. #Mondayblogs
So I turned myself to face me
But I’ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test.-Changes, David Bowie
Now that I’ve talked about how you shouldn’t try to make everyone happy, let’s talk for a minute about criticism. Now, I don’t mean reviews, although certainly reviews may contain criticism. Usually reviews are just critical, which isn’t the…
“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. ” Dorothy Parker
(via lady-feral)
- Streetwise cop with 20 years on the force
- loose cannon rookie straight out of the academy who doesn’t play by the rules
if you disagree you need to turn in your badge
this is long-suffering and exasperated captain erasure
(via lady-feral)
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