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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

John Scalzi has some great points today that extend our discussion of self-publishing from a couple weeks ago. Specifically I don’t think I covered the returnability issue: 3. No access to bookstores or other retail outlets, because most bookstores won’t take non-returnable items, which my printed books would be. This further limits the chance that … Read more

Man, that was one heck of a papercut. Right on the pad of my index finger, too.

If you’re going to be in Atlanta for the International Reading Association conference, be sure to stop by the Mirrorstone booth, #721. Lots to see and authors Candice Ransom and D.L. Garfinkle will be signing in the booth. Also, each author will be the star of her own reception in the Hyatt Regency one night … Read more

I’ve said I’d write about this for a while and I’ve never quite found the time. I still don’t have a lot of time, but I needed blog fodder and this is a long-standing question. Also, I think that even if you create your own world and intend to write a series, there are a … Read more

Want to know more about submitting to editors? Check out the conversation over at Writing Excuses this week and next.