Category Archives: Uncategorized

Goals: Almost November!

It’s been a very challenging summer. I just moved back into my apartment, following the demolition and reconstruction of my sleeping space to repair damage from mold. I’ve had a nagging cough for the last month, along with many of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 12 October 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

“You can stop the game and keep your place. The food won’t wait.” “Put a note to check the Ship’s Trees,” Martisset said. “I don’t like the look of the nitrogen levels.” “I’m Captain. You’re just the Quartermaster.” “Quartermaster’s supposed … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

NaNoFeed: NaNo 2014 cover and banner reveals!

NaNo 2014 is The Fourth Prime, the third book of the Ship’s Heart trilogy. Right now I’m still writing book 1, and I may not be done by the end of October, but that doesn’t stop me from writing book 3 for this year’s … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 7 September 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

The light of the Greater Moon cast silver wonderment over the tops of the foliage, black in shadow; it lit the glass-and-metal walkways over which the Sarronny cadets now filed to the dancing-circle, and the stones that marked the verge … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Goals: And Now a Word from Our Alien Overlords

Goals, Inside the Jump, Lost Pissarro Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 31 August 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Mavra stood with the children. “Why did you stay?” Yasmin asked.  “It’s time,” Mavra said. “It’s time to come home again. My other home’s gone, and the Dome’s where I was born.” “Are you going to tell us about the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 August 2014 (WIP: Leonie Hallward)

Mabel Dodge is a sort of eclectic Mme de Stael, who brings together a various society. One of the daughters of my host’s house, a vivacious beauty of surprisingly advanced views, promised me an evening there.  “Papa,” she confided, “is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 July 2014 (WIP: Leonie Hallward)

My mother and Basil argued over color, in a way that was immediately familiar when I was a student at the Academie Julian, drinking strong tea in the cafes with my friends. Those quarrels were the grown-up correspondent of my … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Flash Fiction: Bad Parents

 “No, I do not think that a wise idea.” Tethys watched their expressions fall. “But others have done it.” Three of her own children, many times over that in clan-children and marriage-protegees, and she never ceased hearing that excuse. She … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Live (more or less) from CONvergence 2014

Jet-lagged without the glamour of actual travel, I’m reminding myself that moderation is the secret of sanity at an event this big. At 12:30 US Central, I’ll be participating on a panel on Magic Realism, and will probably have interesting … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment