Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
Not too long ago, I had a moment of self-discovery. It wasn’t a life-changing epiphany so much as a moment of, “Oh! Well, of course!” And that, my friends, was the realization that I’m really just not that interested in writing for money. Well, maybe I should rephrase that. Of course it would be nice […]
Read More »I once knew this girl. She wasn’t like the rest of us. She had a special power, one that made her the envy of every woman who ever knew her. You know how some women joke about how they just look at a piece of cake and gain two pounds? Well, for Linda it was […]
Read More »Or at least I will, when it’s finished, but you can go ahead and friend it now if you’d like to read the cleaned-up version: Friend it, link it, help me generate buzz. These three things would be muchly, muchly appreciated.
Read More »I wasted three hours Friday afternoon throwing this together, and most of my lunch hour today cleaning it up. It is by no means expertly done, but I think it captures the spirit of The Hero Factor and its main characters. Not to mention helps solidify them in my head. Click to embiggen The characters, […]
Read More »10,095, to be precise. That is my total Summer Write word count so far. It’s nowhere near what my word count should be, mind, but still, it’s a nice milestone to achieve. Only 139,905 more words to go….
Read More »I wrote the second act of Hero Factor according to what Jane Espenson refers to as the Love Boat method–that is, I wrote all of the scenes for one plot thread, then doubled back to write the scenes for a separate-but-equal plot thread. These two threads eventually merge into one, so at some point their […]
Read More »I’m off now for a much needed three day weekend, in which I’ll do my darnedest to catch up on my word count. I’ll post word count updates on Twitter via text message, and possibly also here via phone post, but otherwise I’m offline until Monday. Have a good weekend, everybody, and happy writing.
Read More »Share time! This is mildly spoilery, but I don’t think it’s too revealing of the major plot points. Just remember, this is very, very rough.
Read More »I’m totally procrastinating, but I wanted a more professional looking layout, and I fell in love with this one by . I love the girly swirliness, and the colors coordinate well with the rest of my site. The only thing I don’t love about it is the lack of an external link list and a […]
Read More »This morning I logged into Twitter and was stunned by tweets from CASizemore, a notable member of the fiction podcasting community, saying that he came home to find his wife collapsed and not breathing. A few hours later, he posted again to say that she had passed away. He’s only 32. I’m not certain what […]
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