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July 29, 2019
My Dublin Worldcon Schedule!
Hello friends! I’m back from teaching at Western’s summer MFA Genre Residency — and it was amazing. More on that in a bit!
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Meantime, here’s where I’ll be in Dublin for Worldcon. Looking forward to connecting with you then. I will have stickers and swag, as well as a limited number of notecards and possibly some pendants as well — come find me!
THURSDAY:
Cooking the books: food in fantasy
15 Aug 2019, 15:00 – 15:50, Wicklow Room-1 (CCD)
Hobbits had their second breakfast and elves had their...
June 2, 2019
Teaching Riverland
Over the past eight weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to be back in the classroom, talking to students in grades five through nine, plus — in a different way — to college students and workshop attendees.
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May 31, 2019
Book Bites: Anna Kashina and Shadowblade
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Welcome back to Book Bites! Today, Anna Kashina and her new book Shadowblade (out now from Angry Robot!) join us!
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SHADOWBLADE, an action adventure fantasy that features a young girl, Naia, training to become the best blademaster, and then throwing her entire skill into a deadly mission that will upset the balance o...
May 23, 2019
Notes to My 12-year-old Self
You will be believed.
You are not broken.
These are messages a much younger me needed to hear, and didn’t, until far later in my life.
For twelve year old me, and for others in similar situations, I wrote those feelings into my own book, Riverland — a portal fantasy about domestic violence for middle grade readers.
Riverland is about sisters who learn to become the heroes of their own story. Who begin to understand that there is good anger and bad anger, and that learning the difference is mo...
March 31, 2019
9 Days To Go, Links To Events, Glass Magic, & A Draft Reading Guide for Riverland
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Back in 2016, I didn’t think I could write a book like Riverland. Before that, I knew I never would. Then, in 2016 and 2017, I did (over and over again) — with the help and encouragement of many. … I rewrote it until I could tell Eleanor and Mike’s story in a way that was real and true.
In a little over a week, Riverland goes out in the world — my first middle grade novel. A portal fantasy about stories and siste...
March 20, 2019
Edible Flowers and Occasional Poison : Cooking the Books with Arkady Martine
When Arkady Martine sets out to do a thing, she does it completely and thoroughly. That’s true whether she’s running an academic conference on Byzantium or creating an entirely new universe and an exquisitely intricate space opera to go in it. A Memory Called Empire is just such a narrative within such a universe, and we’re delighted that Arkady was able to join the first Cooking the Books of the year to discuss everything, from the menus (along with food...
March 4, 2019
Book Bites with Elizabeth Bear and Ancestral Night
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Welcome back to Book Bites! Today, cooking the books veteran guest interviewer joins us for a very new and delicious bite! Everyone say hello to Elizabeth Bear and her new book Ancestral Night! Over to you, Bear!
[image error] Amazon UK | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Books2ReadAncestral Night takes place entirely in space—far-future space, galaxy-spanning space—so the food in...
March 1, 2019
Everything at Once: Riverland Preorder Goodness and Launch Party! His Hideous Heart Cover! Fire Opal Arcs!
Hello from the slow-zone (WiFi-wise) on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington State!
I’m out here finishing a massive novel revision, and I see that a whole *bunch* of things are going online today, so let me share them with you… if the creek doesn’t rise (there really is a creek) and the wifi holds out (very doubtful)!
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First — and most importantly — we have a launch party date and preorder finery for Riverland. I’m equal parts terrified, excited, and nervous for my Middle Grade debut...
January 18, 2019
Six – Wait! EIGHT things make a post: Riverland Reviews, Ninth Step Station Launch, Rhysling & BFSA nominations, Fire Opal Cover, A Catalog of Storms…
(seriously, this week has been a little nuts with all! the! things! happening all at the same time — I have a tendency to work through stressful periods, and this has been a lot of work that all decided to launch at the same time! SO. Here we go!)
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Riverland reviews and blurbs are starting to appear… a few at a time! It’s getting exciting but I’m also a tiny bit (ok a LOT) nervous about this book being out in the world. It is the hardest, most personal thing I’ve ever done in fiction and pret...
January 7, 2019
Book Bites with Kate Heartfield and Alice Payne Rides
Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite.
Book Bites is back for 2019! We’re looking forward to bringing you more tasty reads this year, starting with author Kate Heartfield! Take it away, Kate!
[image error]My “Alice Payne” time-travel novellas are set largely in the late 18th century, in England. I open the second book, Alice Payne Rides, with a dinner party in 1789, at which are served caraway comfits, so I made som...
