Vlog
Vintage: How to Do It
Okay I vlog’ed again. Someone should stop me. I spent waaaay too much time editing together what was waaaay too much video for this. Still easier than drawing.
Blathering
Shadow Vases
A while ago I made my post comparing stories to vases. Lately I’ve noticed a repeating flaw in my first drafts. I see it reading over all my earliest writing: I’ll write about absolutely ANYTHING but the central point of the story. Or, like, anything interesting. I’ll twist scenes to avoid Read more…
Blathering
Thinking Like a Dandelion
At Clarion, Cory Doctorow said, “Resist the temptation to think like a dandelion.” (At least I hope I got him quoted right in my wee notebook.) The line I have written under that is: “The cost of reproduction is zero! Spread!” Being Cory, he might have been talking about electronic Read more…
Announcement
Hold the Moment
My story “Hold the Moment” about a woman who invents a time-freezing machine and tries to be a successful single mother at the same time, is in the June Analog. (Plug: the story takes place at my Alma Mater, Case Western Reserve University.) It was rejected 16 times before selling, by Read more…
Announcement
Wherein A Kitten Loves a Chatbot
My dear friend Mary Turzillo prompted me in the last write-a-thon for “A cat falls in love with a chat bot.” This story, Kitten Lorelei ❤ CherryBerry24, was the result. Not since Zombie Hitler have I written something so marvelously silly. Drawing loosely on my early days as an online chat Read more…
Blathering
My Career in the Mob (Or: Mindset is everything.)
My first job after college was working the night shift at a store downtown. I frequently had to close the store alone and catch the last Red Line east to get off at the lonely, rickety East 120th rapid stop. (If I was lucky and got out before midnight. Otherwise Read more…