This blog, it’s turning out, triggers my anxiety. A bit. See, I have a decent-sized anxiety disorder. I do think of it in terms of size, as I find what matters is how much and where it overlaps the rest of my life. I take my meds, I do my therapy, I work on asking […]
Oh, I’m here. Blogging again is weird. It’s deeply intimidating. I don’t even know if anyone reads this. But, I’m making an effort. So here are some topics: 1. What am I reading? For work, I have two books going: a first draft of Sandstorm by Christopher Rowe and a final of The Fading Dream by […]
I don’t actually know how many copies of my book shipped to individual bookstores. My guess is that it’s pretty variable. But I went to Borders to see it and they were sold out. So I went to the B&N, where there were two copies. Kevin and Noah bought them both. The bookseller promised more […]
The folks at BSC Review gave me a chance to write a post for them. I was so excited I wrote two. The first one just went up (well, “just” to me…vacation time): a humorous piece on outlining. You can read it here. It’s a very cool site–all kinds of posts on books, movies, TV, life, […]
I’m on vacation in Hawai’i so I’m super-behind on posts. But what can I do? The ocean is indeed a better view than the computer screen. Actually, it’s weird. This time last year I was knee-deep in The God Catcher, which if you read my previous post you know means I was trying to write […]
Can’t decide whether to buy Realms of the Dead? Can’t decide whether you’re–as my sister put it–bitter about having to own The God Catcher? (She’s not anymore) Can’t decide whether you’re willing to give tie-in fiction a try? My story from Relams of the Dead,“The Resurrection Agent” is up on wizards.com as a promotion for the […]
Tonight I’m prepping myself to film a Book Nook (With Marty Durham) tomorrow. I’ve got a list of questions, my husband’s suggestion I try to talk less with my hands, and a nagging feeling I’d feel better doing this with a sheet over my head. I’ll post when the final product goes up! In the mean […]
I haven’t watched Wheel of Fortune in years and I think I’m missing something. I turned it on while making dinner (Alton Brown’s weirdly tasty Sherried Sardine Toasts) and every one of the three contestants was vowel-crazy. As soon as they had some money, they started buying vowels like crazy. Was it always like this? […]
I’ve just been apprised that @WotC_Novels has tweeted about my blog. so if you came here from there: welcome (If you came from somewhere else, welcome too).
A week ago, Realms of the Dead came out. It contains my first professionally published short story. If I had a time machine, and I could tell myself two years ago that my first professionally published work would involve vampires and zombies, Past Me probably would have assumed Future Me was some sort of agent […]