People are always telling me I get a lot done. They see my social media posts when I sell a story or when I finish knitting a sweater and they are like, “Wow, do you even sleep, bro?” A lot of this is assymetrical insight. They see all the things Read more…
I’ve been battling depression for the past two or three weeks. I also battled to hide it. I didn’t want people to be annoyed with me for being a downer. I probably did a bad job of that. It’s frustrating, when your emotions themselves become a problem. When you have Read more…
In software development circles, I often encounter a sort of one-upmanship of difficulty. Who has written their program in the most painful, least assisted manner? I can say without equivocation, I started with one of the hardest editors you can imagine. No auto-indent, no text coloring, not even an undo Read more…
So this one time, I took the RTA out to a friend’s house in Euclid Heights. This was before cell phones and I found myself at my friend’s house, the lights off, the door locked. I and my boyfriend waited and waited. We decided to give up and wait for Read more…
I’m in a place in my writing career now where other people are looking to me as a mentor, and invariably they tell me, “I started writing seriously X years ago” where X < 5. And I want to die a little. Why did I take so long to get Read more…
On Saturday, November 10, I attended a sweet workshop at Case Western Reserve University’s Writing Center. The presenter was Linda Robertson, and the topic was “Speculative Fiction: From Concept to Pitch.” Attendees were asked to submit a brief (one page) story concept, and in addition to taking us through the Read more…
It’s weirdly easy for me to pinpoint the moment I became a science fiction fan: it was when I discovered the paperback spinner rack in the library. I was in elementary school still, but I was allowed to check out these grown-up books! I remember “I, Robot” catching my eye Read more…