The sometimes bizarre world of a writer 1. There are times that I have sat and watched words I am typing appear on the screen and not recognized them. That’s…Continue readingConfessions of an Author
A perennial question from interviewers is a variation of what books were important to me growing up or becoming a writer. In short, which books were formative. There are a…Continue readingThe books that formed me
Photo by Matthew Payne at Unsplash 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…Continue readingThe art of rewriting
At The Huffington Post, Claire Fallon notes that books about women don’t win major prizes, and asks: “How Can We Change That?” Man, woman, cyborg — no matter what kind…Continue readingNo women or girls
When I was a little girl one in my family’s extensive collection of 45 rpm singles — remember those? turntables? vinyl? — was a record of Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite.…Continue readingI will walk with you…
I mean heard my real voice, not the one you hear in your head when you read one of my books? No? Well here’s your chance.The Skiffy and Fanty podcast…Continue readingEver heard me?
Photo illustration by Juliana Jiménez Jaramillo Is an All-Female Mission to Mars the best way to go? Medical studies at the start of the space race showed that women have…Continue readingWomen on Mars?
It started last night. He turned up in my dream, Chalky, the protagonist of my current WIP. He’s nineteen years old, pushing twenty. He’s a kid who has had a…Continue readingA character tells me off
“I’m here to tell you that working with the power who is out to destroy you will never, ever end well,” Aaron John Curtis says. Mohawk by birth, he offers…Continue readingAmazon Manifest Destiny?