I admit it, I am posting just so I can share the fabulousness that is this cover. …and hint at the fabulousness inside. Seriously. There isn’t much that could get me to say “sure, I’ll write an RPG tie-in story…” except this world. OMG this world, how could I NOT? Also, check that ToC.  Just […]
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Looking for something new to read over the weekend? Check out BEYOND GRIMM, a collection of fairy tales, twisted and retold, out *today*! Edited by Phyllis Irene Radford & Deborah J. Ross Not your grandmother’s fairy tales… Yes, I have a story in there (“Any Brave Boy”) but there’s something for every taste and turn….
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The ToC has been released, so I can squeak in public: My story “Crossroads” (originally published in Fantasy Magazine) has been selected for Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012, edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books). *squeak!*
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The thing about “From Whence You Came” is that I never had any intention of writing it. Master Vineart Bradhai just a bit of backstory in the trilogy, to explain why there were no longer any sea serpents. But I couldn’t get him out of my head – the question of what, exactly he had
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My short story “Crossroads” is live (and free!) at Fantasy Magazine! (plus, a short Q&A) You’d think, by now, I’d be blase about new stories hitting readers. But no…still neurotic, waiting to see if there’s response, and what form it takes…..
As the so-called #Novelrace (5 weeks to 60k!) begins on Monday, I decided to hold off on working on the novel until then. Just to play fair. Does that mean I get the day off? Er. Not really. This morning I did the final pass on “The Devil’s Jack” and passed it off to my
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And lo, two days before the official end of the write-a-thon, I came to the line that said “we’re done” (as opposed to the thing you thought was going to be the last line), and we have Achieved Draft. A drafty, mangled, in dire need of rewriting draft, I admit. But I know what the
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“A gripping adventure from start to finish, DRAGON VIRUS is highly recommended.”  — Midwest Book Review *happywriterdance* As some of y’all know, this project was a work of pure writer affection & determination – but I had NO idea what sort of reaction would greet it. So every positive review from reviewer or
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Well, the write-a-thon check -in got derailed when LJ went down under the DDoS attacks, but I am pleased to say that, four days from the end, I’ve reached 20,305 words on the rough draft, thereby meeting/exceeding my word-count goal (although I suspect the story still has another thousand or so words to spin out).
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