Marjorie M. Liu's Blog, page 4
April 7, 2016
OddCon!
It’s my great pleasure to be heading back to Wisconsin as a Guest of Honor at Odyssey Con, taking place this weekend in Madison. I’m especially tickled because Brandon Sanderson and Margaret Weis will be there — and listen, if I get all fan-girl on Margaret Weis and start babbling like an idiot, please forgive me. I can’t help myself.
I’m supposed to sign on Saturday, but really, I’m happy to sign anything you’ve got, whenever you can find me. I’ve posted a cliff notes version of my panels be...
February 23, 2016
Information Love
Things I had to look up today (so far — the day is still young) for writing-related research:
1. loincloths (for women)
2. kopi luwak (cat poop coffee; processed in the bowls of the civet and harvested from their feces)
3. bears
This is all very, very tame. I think most writers probably earn a spot on some government watch-list for our online searches; mine have included everything from making bombs to assembling guns, disposing of bodies, bull-riding, giving birth in the wilderness by yourse...
February 17, 2016
Staying organized (and nostalgic)
I used to blog a lot more than I do now — I blame Twitter, of course. It’s easy to jot down a quick message in 140 characters, and then I hate to repeat myself here: it’s a bit redundant. But today I was flipping through my first blog, Web Petals, which I started writing waaaay back in 2003. Remember Livejournal? I mean, Livejournal still exists and plenty of folks use it, but it’s been a while for me — and I’d forgotten some of the features I loved. Like those fun icons that would go with my...
February 16, 2016
Guernica
The poet Lauren K. Alleyne interviewed me for Guernica, some time back in November, and we had a long, lovely conversation about everything from race, romance novels, Marvel, and more.
“I wanted to reverse that and tell a story with five women for every one man, and not comment on it. There’s no virus that eradicated men; the book is just not about them. Instead there are a ton of women running around, ruling the world, making war, having adventures. It shouldn’t be that big of a deal, but wh...
February 11, 2016
#myfavoritethings: Bunnies + Sharks
I am an absolute professional when it comes to staying comfortable. My dedication to the art of pajama-wearing is matched only by my rigorous attention to pie, tea, and cat pictures on the internet.
My need for comfort, however, doesn’t end when I take a break from writing, and venture out into the world. Oh, NO. I am committed, friends. Especially when it’s cold out.
Lately, though, I’ve been getting a little bored with my winter sweaters. Comfortable, yes. But I’ve been wearing them for the...
January 18, 2016
Dirk & Steele
Some months ago, Victoria asked: “Have you stopped writing your Dirk & Steele novels? If not when will the next book be coming out?”
The Dirk & Steele novels, for those unfamiliar with them, are part of a paranormal romance series that I wrote from 2005 to 2011. There are eleven novels total, and they’re about shape-shifters, mermen, psychics, gargoyles, witches — solving crime, falling in love, finding acceptance. All set in our modern, contemporary world.
I loved writing them. And I would...
January 16, 2016
One book enters, another must leave.
Right, so here’s a little confession: I’ve been having a really difficult time reading. It wasn’t something I was entirely conscious of — deep down, it wasn’t even anything I wanted to think about, though I’d sometimes glance at the growing stack of books on the coffee table and think, “Wow, why haven’t I started in on these treasures?”
For me, that’s crazy: my life has always been 70% books, 10% breathing, and 20% some-other-necessary-to-life act — like eating. But in the last year, I just h...
November 2, 2015
Monstress [media + signings]
Monstress comes out TOMORROW, and I totally feel those butterflies, that nervous flightiness that I haven’t felt in some time. I care about this book — a lot — and it represents the collective hard work of a small, dedicated team of writer, artist, editor, letter, translator (and, fairly new to us, intern). Your support of Monstress — you readers, retailers, peers, friends, family — means the world to us. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I’ve been doing a ton of interviews, and some reviews a...
October 5, 2015
Busy, but not defeated!
It’s been one of those weeks where I’m overwhelmed with work, and even though crawling under a rock isn’t an option — I totally want to crawl under a rock. The Pallas cat pictured below — that face — more or less summed up how I felt when I rolled out of bed this morning. But, then I took a nice walk — I had some tea — ate lunch at my favorite spot — met my wonderful new Chinese tutor (because my Mandarin has gotten way too rusty) — and just told myself to chill the hell out.
And it worked. I...
October 3, 2015
NYCC Schedule
Well, NYCC is literally around the corner. I’ll be on panels for almost all of Friday, so the best time to catch me if you want something signed is at the Image booth at 11 am that day. I will, however, be at my table (K2) in Artists Alley for almost all of Saturday. Sunday, I have to head back to Boston that morning. It’s a short trip, but packed to the gills. I’ll be signing posters at my table (and I might have a few other goodies), so stop by and say hi on Saturday!
***
Friday: 11 am sign...
