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Celebrating the Equinox (an excerpt from The Copper Scarab)

In the darkness before dawn on the equinox, Khemetans who came from across the delta and White Fortress region gathered around the base of the Great Lioness. Their voices quiet, reverent; their bodies newly wet with water from the still anemic Nile.

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Background Sketch: Sitamun 1 – DVD Extras [Sneak A Peek Patrons Only]

Now that I'm moving into Section 3 of the book Sitamun, Ibi's mom, is about to be on screen more. So I'm writing out some key interactions between her and Ziwat to give myself more context for the dramaaaaaaaaa that's about to take place.

If you want to see the other background scenes leading up to this I now have navigation at the bottom of this and other DVD Extras posts so you can easily find them.

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Awesome Box! Contents for September 2018

Over on Patreon the $2 level is the Awesome Box level, and each month one of those patrons gets a special treat: a small box with awesome, random stuff in it. Want to see what’s in the box this month? Watch the unBoxing video. Spoiler alert: it’s Egypt themed.

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Tempest Challenge – Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente [Patrons Only]

The second Tempest Challenge book this month is Space Opera!

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Originality 22: “I Am Hugely Motivated by Spite” with Kelly Sue DeConnick

For this episode I got to interview Kelly Sue DeConnick, writer of the Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly comics, among many others. We talked a good deal about collaboration, especially in the world of comics, but my favorite bits are where she talks about the creative tools she learned while working in television and how […]

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Story Notes: August Patron Fiction

Sometimes inspiration comes from unexpected places.

Earlier this week I took an out of town friend up to the International Rose Test Garden here in Portland. In the Shakespeare Garden area we sat to chill and my friend, Shveta Thakrar, read to me from a book of faerie stories.

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Monthly (Not So) Microficition – August 2018 [Patrons Only]

Once, long ago and in a faraway place, there was a farmer who lived what he thought was the perfect life. He had a beautiful wife, a strong son, and a dutiful daughter. He had abundant crops, enough food to eat and to sell, and lived in the most bountiful valley in the county. He had everything he wanted and no complaints. Until the day the Queen of the Faeries came to town.

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Awesome Box! Contents for August 2018

Over on Patreon the $2 level is the Awesome Box level, and each month one those patrons gets a special treat: a small box with awesome, random stuff in it. Sometimes the box has one or two items, sometimes more. Want to see what’s in the box this month? Watch this video.

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Watch My Interview on the ONYX Pages Booktube Channel

Back at WisCon I met a wonderful Canadian booktuber named Njeri whose YouTube reviews of books and interviews with authors is a delight. She got me talking about social justice and art, spirituality and the role of the artist, Black Panther, Afrofuturism, and my own work. 

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New Webinar: Cultural Appropriation – What It Is & How To Avoid It

My next class for Writing the Other is a one day webinar on Cultural Appropriation. A topic that continues to be fraught and also continues to attract opinions on the subject that are wrong-headed, maddening, and just plain dangerous. Hopefully this class will alleviate some of those problems.

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