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May 8, 2016
THE PREY OF GODS sold to Harper Voyager!
Photo by ellenm1, creative commons I’m thrilled to announce that my debut novel THE PREY OF GODS has sold to Harper Voyager! See the official announcement here. THE PREY OF GODS is a near future thriller set in South Africa in which a diverse set of characters imbued with supernatural abilities by a street drug […]
January 14, 2016
Great Scott!
Saw this in the parking lot on my way to work this morning. I’ve seen it around the area before while driving. Totally lights up and everything. Then I remembered that under my jacket, I also happened to be wearing my Save the Clock Tower t-shirt. (My second such shirt, I wore its predecessor out.) […]
December 21, 2015
Sanford Allen’s holiday-themed sf/fantasy/horror
When writer friend Sanford Allen asked me about my favorite holiday-themed sf, one author came to mind: Christopher Moore. Check the out the whole list here.
November 18, 2015
How Lando Calrissian and VegDucken Stole My Muse
So you know how you come across a recipe for VegDucken, (a zucchini, stuffed in an eggplant, stuffed in a butternut squash) and you have to write a novel about it? No? Well, something like that happened to me. I woke early up a few days ago with my muse thumping on my forehead, with […]
October 2, 2015
January 1, 2015
Happy New Year!
Last year was pretty exciting. I put myself out there, saying “Yes” to new opportunities, and did some nerdy/cool things. I attended Austin ComiCon, saw a real live astronaut speak, attended a symposium on African Writers. Plus I made Klingon Gagh. But 2014 is in the rear-view mirror, and it’s time to look ahead! Here […]
November 30, 2014
Eighty-five Ways to Turn Goat Offal into Savory Sweets!
I’ve written 50,000 words this month! I’ve been getting up at 3am, 4am, 5am pretty consistently to bang this thing out and it’s done. I’ve got 38,000 of workable novel (still have about 30,000 left to finish the story), plus 12,000 words of crap in the form of culled storylines, stream of consciousness tirades, double […]
November 2, 2014
It’s NaNoWriMo-time!
Words are being written. Characters are being created. Worlds are coming into fruition. It’s my favorite time of year! I’m 1748 words into this, and already it’s taken some turns that I didn’t expect. For one, I’ve decided to face my biggest writing fear and use gender neutral pronouns. The ey, em, eir, eirs, eirself […]
October 31, 2014
Short Women in Space Recap!
This month I had the pleasure of reviewing 23 tales about women ( and other genders) living life in the void of space. It was eye-opening, the amount of good space fiction out there, and interesting to see how we envision ourselves as we trek across the stars. Below are the gems I found. There’s […]
October 24, 2014
Heroic Relics by Catherine H. Shaffer
Buzzy Mag http://buzzymag.com/heroic-relics-by-... Author Website: http://www.catherineshaffer.com/ Sabrina Smith has settled nicely into her second career as a veterinarian. She finds working with animals much more rewarding than her former paper pushing job as an army intelligence analyst. Her work is intense, yet predictable, that is until she receives the strangest pair of visitors at […]
