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Instructions for the Age of Emergency.

Originally posted on monica byrne:
Halbert W. Hall Speaker’s Series on Science Fiction and Fantasy, Texas A&M University February 2, 2018 Full Audio ~ Thank you so much to Texas A&M for hosting me, and especially to the Science Fiction Archivist, Jeremy Brett, who invited me and orchestrated everything. He’s been a supporter of my work…

Well, it’s been busy. I’m trying to get up early in the m...

Well, it’s been busy. I’m trying to get up early in the mornings so that I can write before work, and it’s starting to take, although it’s still a little rough. A lot of what I’ve been doing lately is going through older pieces that were never finished and deciding whether there’s enough there to … Continue reading ""

That thing where the person thought you knew the context of the thing.

Vaguely related to my last post, I suppose–that was about how one story can be dressed up in the shape of a different kind of story, and this is about how one story can be dressed up as itself but be misread as to what that is. I saw Wonder Woman. (Not recently, and I mean, … Continue reading "That thing where the person thought you knew the context of the thing."

That thing where the thing looks like another thing but isn’t.

I’ve been watching Riverdale (a fact which has prompted a little self-analysis of what exactly I like in a movie or TV show, but that is neither here nor there), and a recent episode did something that I’m sure there should be a term for. (Spoilers follow. Oh yes.) Riverdale, for those of you who don’t watch … Continue reading "That thing where the thing looks like another thing but isn’t."

Counting ink, 2017

(Slightly early, but if I get any more submissions out this year I will update it. (Or an acceptance. I mean, I don’t think the timeline quite allows for an acceptance before 2018, but I will see.)) I had one story come out this year; “Thou Unnecessary Letter”, which was started in one of Cat … Continue reading "Counting ink, 2017"

Remember, remember, making it through November

This is fairly belated, in part because as soon as I won NaNoWriMo, I collapsed under a gentle heap of unanswered emails and overdue to-do items. That said, I did win NaNoWriMo. Hit 50,084 words on November 26th, and wrote another 483 on the 30th for a grand total of 50,567 words. I’m both saddened … Continue reading "Remember, remember, making it through November"

Truckling along.

The title of this post was actually a typo, but I’ve decided I like it. Nice combination of “trucking” and “trickling”, which is what writing has started to feel like. I’m just over 36,000 words (36,120! 13,880 left!), and I’m getting pretty tired. I’ve also learned that I need breaks; I can write every day … Continue reading "Truckling along."

Grey and rainy.

The weather’s gotten properly icy, now; it’s below freezing at night, and winter coats are required. I can still get away without wearing winter boots, though. I missed Sunday for NaNoWriMo, but I wrote yesterday and today, and I’m still ahead; slightly more than 25% done on the wordcount, although with what I had drafted … Continue reading "Grey and rainy."

Is that all it takes.

I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year (although honestly I’m thinking of cutting down my word goal–40,000 instead of 50,000, maybe), and today I had a day off. I got left in a coffee shop, handwrote for a couple of hours, came home and typed before a nap, wrote a little after dinner, and then managed to … Continue reading "Is that all it takes."

Quick Hallowe’en

Two weeks ago, I was trying to prepare for not having a dog at Hallowe’en. Now, she is sitting next to the couch, staring happily up at me as I scritch her neck around the Elizabethan collar. (This is the plastic cone of shame a pet gets after surgery, to be clear, not part of … Continue reading "Quick Hallowe’en"