I read some fantastic and original stuff in November! “Rain and the Designs of Your Body” by J. M. Guzman showed up in Fireside this month, sounding like nothing and […]
Submissions Stats 2018
I sent out 31 pieces this year: one novel one novella 23 short stories four essays two pieces of satire I received 33 rejections in 2018. I sold: one novel […]
Ten Rules for Novelists
Ten rules for novelists: 1. Put on lipstick and a cute bralette before you start. 2. Write in whatever mode fits the story. If it stops fitting, rewrite. 3. Every […]
Antler Review: October
This month has been hard as hell and most of the things I’ve loved reading during this veil-thin season of burning hearts in the fog have matched that mood completely. […]
Harpy in Flight
“Dr. Lecter takes up the bright tabloid from a pile of parchment and looks at the picture of Clarice Starling on the cover, touches her face with his finger. The […]
Antler Review: September
September was a rough month. Well, you know. You were there. We Septembered together. We shivered and shook and collectively re-processed old trauma. But there were good things too. Bright […]
Cover Reveal: The Book of Flora
The first time I saw this cover, I saw a dozen different things in it. I saw the way the road becomes a river, and how that reflects the way […]
Archon Bound!
Who am I gonna see at Archon in St. Louis (Estiel lol) this year? The luminous and inimitable Charlie Jane Anders is the guest of honor, and I am pleased […]
Antler Review: August
August was such an exciting month! I got go to Worldcon and meet all kinds of cool people I only know from the internet, and see loads of others again! […]
Coming soon: The Book of Flora
V.E. Schwab recently said, “Publishing is one of those surreal industries where you work on things coming out years from now, while promoting things coming out in months, and keeping […]