This is kind of cool: Babes With Blades is pleased to announce the inauguration of an international playwriting competition founded to increase the number of quality scripts featuring fighting roles for women. There is also the phenomenon of micro-fiction, which is filling … [Read more...]

Just a short update because I’ve got to throw myself back into work.  Paperback Writer has a great article on writing Book Proposals (aka, the “Pitch").  This is an essential skill, whether or not you’re an aspiring writer or are a professional (maybe … [Read more...]

So here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter how desperate you are to get published, don’t ever let yourself get talked into using an agent who demands fees up front, or suggests (politely or otherwise) that you use a book doctor.  Most of those are scams, pure … [Read more...]

Okay, I must add to the list: Laura Ingalls (besides her Little House on the Prairie books, she’s also responsible for a series of essays that are excellent), Gene Stratton Porter (specifically Freckles and Girl of the Limberlost, Joseph Campbell, Mark Twain, James Fenimore … [Read more...]

I love Kelly Link.  Not only is she a fabulous person, but she is a fantastic writer and editor.  In fact, she’s one of the main reasons I wanted to attend Clarion.  There’s a new interview with her at Strange Horizons, and I highly recommend her book … [Read more...]

Lucky: a mysterious stranger who appeared just before dawn, and now acts as bodyguard to a very special poodle. This is Lucky.  Lucky, as some of you might remember, likes to bring things home.  Sticks.  Dog toys.  Sawed off deer legs.  The other day, … [Read more...]

Despite what I wrote for my interior cover bio, I do not actually run a taxi service for poodles.  I wrote that bio in a fit of whimsy, due to the fact that a member of the family does happen to be a poodle, and she does—more often than not—ride on my back.  … [Read more...]

Mara writes some of the best DC fanfiction on the internet, and she’s done it again (while having a baby, too) with Everybody Has A Birthday.  This is really delightful.  Which makes me wonder what all the fuss is about when it comes to writing fanfiction.  … [Read more...]

I have been a writing fiend.  It’s a very good feeling.  I may crack 8,000+ words today, not including some book proposals I need to work on.  I think I got inspired by an article I read about French novelist Georges Simenon, who wrote more than 400 novels in … [Read more...]

My book is now officially in stores.  I am swooning from delight.  Also, if you’d like to read a tiny interview with my agent, Lucienne Diver, there’s one up at this website. The writing continues, with some complications.  I need to work on some … [Read more...]