January became slightly more chaotic than I'd anticipated. At this moment I feel like I'm in the tail-end of an avalanche flinging me toward the future. My manuscript's due date for Crossed Crow Books was February 1st. I edited, revised, and added five thousand words over the course of January and turned it in on… Continue reading Even Good Change…
Review: Menewood by Nicola Griffith
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. In the "Dark Ages" of Britain, after the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes established themselves but before the Viking incursions began, a woman lived such a notable life in Northumbria she made it into the history books. The year is 632,… Continue reading Review: Menewood by Nicola Griffith
Ok, Who Pissed off Elsa?
I may be slightly frozen, but still here. Just editing. For once in my life I'm on track with the plan I plotted out in the upside-down time during the holidays: the book is editing along merrily, even with the extra notes I come up with at 4am and need to remember to add today.… Continue reading Ok, Who Pissed off Elsa?
Probably NOT the Teeth You’re Looking For?
Well, the publishing process already threw me a slight curve ball: they asked for a picture. I hates having my picture taken, precious. I hates it more than Gollum hates Hobbitses. Ok maybe the hate is comparable. Anyway. Thanks to Amore Photography, who also did our engagement and wedding pictures in the last couple of… Continue reading Probably NOT the Teeth You’re Looking For?
Today My Freak Flag Flies
So, I follow an extremely generous blog that posts monthly collations of writing markets, contests, agents, and other programs looking for submissions. January’s list of writing contests begins with a long form poem about defenestration*. Defenestration, if you don’t know, is the act of throwing someone out a window. My first thought (which I voiced)… Continue reading Today My Freak Flag Flies
The In-Between
Welcome to the Twilight Zone of the year, where holidays are winding down but not yet over because New Year's Eve is coming and THE DECISION is approaching about whether you'll celebrate and stay up until midnight (or party, except that's not a decision for me: always a nope) or go to bed at normal… Continue reading The In-Between
Bits and Bobs
My writing and resting sabbatical is about to move into the final quarter, and it's been quite the ride so far. I've written a few short stories (most are in the process of submission, which really just means throwing them at various markets until the magic moment when the topic fits what the editors are… Continue reading Bits and Bobs
Behold The Squeakening
When I turned 40, I asked for a cello for my birthday. In the way back time, before the interwebs, when I was in 5th grade, I desperately wanted to play cello with the junior high orchestra teacher. I remember in Kindergarten some old person (who was likely not old at all, but when you're… Continue reading Behold The Squeakening
Random Changes…and How fAngus Tried to Live in the Walls.
It's a slow process, making changes in the house I moved into so I feel like it's more "ours" and less "I moved into someone else's home," especially when the horde grew up here and change often causes... feelings. I also am terrible at finishing things, which is relevant to this story. So, a few… Continue reading Random Changes…and How fAngus Tried to Live in the Walls.
Review: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I'm a mythology and folktale fanatic, and selkie stories are some of my favorites, so I expected to enjoy A Sweet Sting of Salt just from its description. What actually happened was I got completely sucked into the story and… Continue reading Review: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
No Pithy Phrase 