My first novel, Galactic Hellcats, features a matriarchy. My third novel, The Gods Awoke, takes place entirely within a matriarchy. I’m revising a novel right now that has, well, a matriarchy. Why do I keep returning to this theme? When I was in sixth grade, I had to come up Read more…
I first heard about the Fantastic Fiction reading series at KGB bar in Manhattan from my friend Angus, who posted a few times on social media about the wonderful authors he saw there. How glamorous it sounded! New York City! The subversive cold-war name of the place, drinks and fiction! Read more…
I awoke from a deep sleep and did not want to get up. Angus’s guest bed was super comfy with a puffy, cuddly comforter, but I had plugged my phone in to charge in the living room and had no idea what time it was. It was still light out Read more…
You can now listen to Galactic Hellcats read by Cleveland Voice Actor Amanda Terman on Audible, Amazon, or iTunes. British Science Fiction Award Long List for 2021! Ki is a petty thief. Her best friend wills her his solo-flyer—call it a space motorcycle: temperamental, fast as hell, and expensive to Read more…
In Aristotle’s Poetics, he breaks structure into two parts – the Complicating and the Unravelling, and laments that “Many poets tie the knot well, but unravel it ill.” Ancient Greek writers, I sympathize! As a newbie writer, the biggest frustration I faced was that while it was interesting and fun Read more…
This is really aimed at Clarion attendees, but feel free to extrapolate out to any intense writing workshop you have to apply to get into and re-arrange your life to attend. You got in. Congratulations. Now you’re arranging your work time off, or you’re picking clothes to pack, and everything Read more…
My novelette “We Built This City” was chosen as one of six finalists for the 2022 Novelette Nebula. (For works between 7,500 and 20,000 words long.) (Full list of nominees here.) My first thought is of all the years I watched the big award announcements with covetous envy. I personally Read more…