Tina Connolly's Blog
May 9, 2012
TC 19 by K. Bird Lincoln, who has an awesome YA historical fantasy now available on Amazon called Tiger Lily. Here's my quote for it: "A beautifully-written genderbending tale of rebellious girls, shifting disguises, and forbidden magic, set against the vivid backdrop of ancient Japan."
Pam Rentz has collected her short stories here in the book Red Tape: Stories from Indian Country. I've read a few of these wickedly sharp SF stories, and I assume the rest are equally awesome.
And CSE Cooney's poetry collection, How to Flirt in Faeryland and Other Wild Rhymes just came out from Papaveria and I'm positive it's awesome, because hearing her read her Rhysling winning poem "The Sea-King's Second Bride" at World Fantasy last year was, like, the high point of the convention.
Back to organizing a house and revising a book. Or maybe vice versa.
Pam Rentz has collected her short stories here in the book Red Tape: Stories from Indian Country. I've read a few of these wickedly sharp SF stories, and I assume the rest are equally awesome.
And CSE Cooney's poetry collection, How to Flirt in Faeryland and Other Wild Rhymes just came out from Papaveria and I'm positive it's awesome, because hearing her read her Rhysling winning poem "The Sea-King's Second Bride" at World Fantasy last year was, like, the high point of the convention.
Back to organizing a house and revising a book. Or maybe vice versa.
April 29, 2012
Luc Reid on Toasted Cake 17
Liz Argall on Toasted Cake 18
Me recording a Michael J DeLuca story for Pseudopod.
I've been added as a workshop leader for the Cascade Writers Workshop! Check out the amazing lineup for this weekend workshop this July in Vancouver WA.
I recently sold very short stories to both the Bibliotheca Fantastica anthology (ed Claude Lalumiere and Don Pizarro) and to the kids' magazine Spider.
AND we FINALLY have moved. (Locally. To a house that came with a dragon in the basement and blackberry vines in the attic...) Hurrah!
Liz Argall on Toasted Cake 18
Me recording a Michael J DeLuca story for Pseudopod.
I've been added as a workshop leader for the Cascade Writers Workshop! Check out the amazing lineup for this weekend workshop this July in Vancouver WA.
I recently sold very short stories to both the Bibliotheca Fantastica anthology (ed Claude Lalumiere and Don Pizarro) and to the kids' magazine Spider.
AND we FINALLY have moved. (Locally. To a house that came with a dragon in the basement and blackberry vines in the attic...) Hurrah!
April 16, 2012
Toasted Cake 15 - Shatter Shatter by Sean Markey
Toasted Cake 16 - There Are No Great Truths here by DT Friedman
A couple nice mentions of Toasted Cake! written and audio.
My annual mention of the Pulp Diction call for play submissions (including 10-minute plays and short stories that could be adapted).
A nice roundup of the Breaking In panel I was on at Norwescon.
More things in the works!
Toasted Cake 16 - There Are No Great Truths here by DT Friedman
A couple nice mentions of Toasted Cake! written and audio.
My annual mention of the Pulp Diction call for play submissions (including 10-minute plays and short stories that could be adapted).
A nice roundup of the Breaking In panel I was on at Norwescon.
More things in the works!
April 4, 2012
Excited to be returning to Norwescon after missing last year due to small baby!
Besides several of the Fairwood Writers Workshop sessions, I'm on some panels and have a READING! Please come and help me feel not all alone! :)
Friday 3 pm Cascade 3&4
Breaking In
Author, agent, and editor talk about how to get that first novel sold.
Jay Lake (M), Gordon Van Gelder, Pierce Watters, Tina Connolly
Friday 7 pm Cascade 5
Residential Writing Workshops: Clarion and More
Learn about the major genre workshops like Clarion, Clarion West, Odyssey, Viable Paradise, and more. Are you ready to attend a residential workshop? What will you learn? Each workshop has advantages and disadvantages, so which workshop will work best for you?
Rhiannon Held (M), Tina Connolly, Erin A. Tidwell, K.C. Ball
Saturday 1:30 pm Cascade 1
Tina Connolly reads IRONSKIN (TOR, fall 2012)
steampunk Jane Eyre with fairies Rated PG
Tina Connolly
Sunday 10 am Cascade 8
Best Online Markets for Writers
What are the best online (and best-paying) markets for short fiction in 2012? Who is publishing the best science fiction? Who is publishing the best fantasy? What's new and exciting? We'll discuss the latest and greatest.
Cat Rambo (M), Jude-Marie Green, Tina Connolly
Besides several of the Fairwood Writers Workshop sessions, I'm on some panels and have a READING! Please come and help me feel not all alone! :)
Friday 3 pm Cascade 3&4
Breaking In
Author, agent, and editor talk about how to get that first novel sold.
Jay Lake (M), Gordon Van Gelder, Pierce Watters, Tina Connolly
Friday 7 pm Cascade 5
Residential Writing Workshops: Clarion and More
Learn about the major genre workshops like Clarion, Clarion West, Odyssey, Viable Paradise, and more. Are you ready to attend a residential workshop? What will you learn? Each workshop has advantages and disadvantages, so which workshop will work best for you?
Rhiannon Held (M), Tina Connolly, Erin A. Tidwell, K.C. Ball
Saturday 1:30 pm Cascade 1
Tina Connolly reads IRONSKIN (TOR, fall 2012)
steampunk Jane Eyre with fairies Rated PG
Tina Connolly
Sunday 10 am Cascade 8
Best Online Markets for Writers
What are the best online (and best-paying) markets for short fiction in 2012? Who is publishing the best science fiction? Who is publishing the best fantasy? What's new and exciting? We'll discuss the latest and greatest.
Cat Rambo (M), Jude-Marie Green, Tina Connolly
April 3, 2012
The fantastic YA fantasy writer Leah Cypess gave me a very kind blurb for Ironskin and is now giving away her galley on twitter! Enter by midnight tonight to win!
Toasted Cake 12 - Mark & Shelly's, by Steven R Stewart
Toasted Cake 13 - Please Return My Son Who Is in Your Custody, by Helena Bell
Toasted Cake 14 Again and Again and Again, by Rachel Swirsky.
I read the kickass The Rugged Track by Liz Argall on Podcastle.
I read the short and funny Test Drive on Drabblecast.
And, I collapse. Norwescon this weekend! I have a READING of Ironskin! I'll try to post my schedule before I go.
Toasted Cake 12 - Mark & Shelly's, by Steven R Stewart
Toasted Cake 13 - Please Return My Son Who Is in Your Custody, by Helena Bell
Toasted Cake 14 Again and Again and Again, by Rachel Swirsky.
I read the kickass The Rugged Track by Liz Argall on Podcastle.
I read the short and funny Test Drive on Drabblecast.
And, I collapse. Norwescon this weekend! I have a READING of Ironskin! I'll try to post my schedule before I go.
April 2, 2012
Guys! The amazing Leah Cypess (of the lovely YA fantasies Mistwood and Nightspell) has a galley of Ironskin and is giving it away on twitter!!! Check out @leahcypess to enter the giveaway before midnight on Tuesday!
March 23, 2012
I think I've answered it all! But for awhile there some things were getting eaten between my GR inbox and my real one, so if you didn't hear back just ping me again...
:)tina
:)tina
March 12, 2012
Toasted Cake 10 by Spencer Ellsworth, first on Brain Harvest! (going defunct, sob!)
Toasted Cake 11 by Nebula nominee Katherine Sparrow, first on ASIM.
Still painting at the new-old house. Still pulling ivy. Grandparents have been helping paint and watch baby so I've been able to write some, but this ends tomorrow (another sob!)
PDX weather report: When the days begin to lengthen, then the rain begins to strengthen.
Toasted Cake 11 by Nebula nominee Katherine Sparrow, first on ASIM.
Still painting at the new-old house. Still pulling ivy. Grandparents have been helping paint and watch baby so I've been able to write some, but this ends tomorrow (another sob!)
PDX weather report: When the days begin to lengthen, then the rain begins to strengthen.
February 27, 2012
Toasted Cake #9 with Jessica Reisman.
A sale of a flash story, Angel Plantation, to Daily SF.
We officially have a toddler. :) My parents came back to help with the cleaning/painting/moving process. When they saw him a month ago he would sit and read books on grandma's lap. But now he's discovered that he can walk ANYWHERE, not just cling to the edges of the bookcases/tables/chairs. So, books are out, and walking back and forth across the living room moving toy apples and blocks from one container to another is teh awesomesauce.
The new house has ivy. Scads of ivy. Ivy around here is invasive as all get-out. And it apparently can reroot from any bit of vine that's at least a foot long. We keep making jokes about the monsters that regenerate from a bit of severed thumb or whatnot.
A sale of a flash story, Angel Plantation, to Daily SF.
We officially have a toddler. :) My parents came back to help with the cleaning/painting/moving process. When they saw him a month ago he would sit and read books on grandma's lap. But now he's discovered that he can walk ANYWHERE, not just cling to the edges of the bookcases/tables/chairs. So, books are out, and walking back and forth across the living room moving toy apples and blocks from one container to another is teh awesomesauce.
The new house has ivy. Scads of ivy. Ivy around here is invasive as all get-out. And it apparently can reroot from any bit of vine that's at least a foot long. We keep making jokes about the monsters that regenerate from a bit of severed thumb or whatnot.
February 20, 2012
Toasted Cake #7, by Cat Rambo
Toasted Cake #8, by T F Davenport
I sold a story to Beneath Ceaseless Skies! My THIRD sale to them - a first for me. :)
We are in the process of moving (locally). Intermittent updates....
Toasted Cake #8, by T F Davenport
I sold a story to Beneath Ceaseless Skies! My THIRD sale to them - a first for me. :)
We are in the process of moving (locally). Intermittent updates....
