Stacy

If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, well, I’ve been working on getting a lot of stuff done before I head out for vacation this Friday. Next week, I’ll be in Utah for BYU Writing for Young Readers. Immediately after that ends (well, okay, the next day), my friend and I are packing up her … Read more

I woke up early this morning, so I decided it was just about time to give the cats a bath. They were getting grimy and I was getting allergic. Kind of like Winchester getting washed down with a wet towel, only I actually throw them in the tub and hose them down and shampoo them and everything. And they … Read more

Yay!  Finally some resolution for Penny and Desmond. At least, I think. Still have 10 minutes to go. ETA 10 minutes later: AAAHH!! 

Many thanks to the teachers and students at Dimmitt Middle School in Renton, WA, which hosted their 7th annual Career Day yesterday. It was an honor to be invited and I had a lot of fun showing the students how a book comes to life, from the author’s first ideas, through the writing, submitting, and … Read more

Work life after returning from a show tends to be pretty busy. When you’ve been out of the office for a week, you often have a lot of catching up to do. It’s always complicated when warm weather hits because then you have coworkers going on vacation, etc. So if you’re wondering where I’ve been, now you know–things have been … Read more

I’m taking a break from tilling the garden with a potato fork (it actually works pretty well on a small plot and you don’t have to use a gas tiller, though on anything like the 1/2 acre garden we had when I was growing up that would be torture–thank heavens my dad used a tractor, … Read more

Atlanta is gorgeous. A normal warm spring day! It’s gorgeous. I love Seattle, but I’m still in sweaters till June there. The other day was wearing a spring cotton shirt and a skirt, and it was just lovely. Well, till I got coffee spilled on me at dinner, but hopefully it’ll wash out. There have been … Read more

Via Oz and Ends: Scalzi discusses the state of YA fantasy and SF sales compared to adult. (Scalzi’s got some good stuff this week!) Of particular note is that old refrain, often heard from authors and readers of adult SFF, that YA is an “undiscovered country”–when, as Scalzi points out, it’s kinda that the adult … Read more

I’m taking advantage of still having internet at home when I thought it was going to turn off last night (we’re in household internet transition) to post one last thing before I go dark for a week. I’ll be at IRA next week, so it’s unlikely I’ll be posting from there. On the flip side … Read more