Here’s the thing. First drafts are supposed to be awful. That’s what they are for. You simply give yourself the permission necessary to write badly if you have to, for…Continue readingThe art of (re)writing
There are novels you read over and over again, books that seems to resonate through you, novels you’d brave fire for. Blogger Alison-Goodman calls them talisman books, those “that ward…Continue readingTalisman Books
A Q&A about my newest book. 1. What is the working title of your book? It started out as just “Spanish Gardens”, then morphed into “Midnight at Spanish Gardens” as…Continue readingBooks and mirrors
An excerpt from an interview Voicu Mihnea Simandan did with me. VMS: But why (do you write) fantasy? All fiction is fantasy – by definition. It’s ALL lies.But some truths…Continue readingAll fiction is fantasy
Why on earth do we read fiction? One of my husband’s favorite “writer” stories concerns a writer with a very Southern mother whom he called up to tell her that…Continue readingWhat is fiction for?
There is a new review of 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens up and although not everything worked for this particular reviewer, being compared to Haruki Murakami is a first for…Continue readingBeing compared to Murakami
So – I can’t really get out there and support nearly as many of these crowdfunders as I might like to – and there are plenty, certainly, that deserve that…Continue readingTesla and things
As far back as the 1960s, my husband remembers someone reporting that within 20 years all land on this planet will be *owned by somebody*. There is no reason to…Continue readingWhere the wild things (no longer) are
The scheduled Perseid meteor shower was supposed to have a peak-of-viewing window on Saturday and Sunday nights. We live out here in the great Pacific Northwet. This means that every…Continue readingNights of Shooting Stars
1. There are times that I have sat and watched words which *I am typing* appear on the screen in front of my eyes… and not recognized them. That’s how…Continue reading10 Authorial Confessions