Fantasy and horror books and blogposts
Good evening, hello there, howdy do! I vanished for the fall, and I'm just popping in to say some things about 2024, as one does in December. Probably no "Best of" posts this year, because I am generally otherwise occupied right now, but I did want to celebrate my accomplishments this year, as is tradition.... Continue Reading →
Hi, so you had a baby and you're writing and also working a dayjob. Welcome to a fiasco. Buckle up. Here's some things -- specifically my things, specifically things that happened to me. Let's go. Part A: The Biology Thing 1: Breastfeeding takes up more of your time than you possibly think it could and... Continue Reading →
I've read a ton since the baby was born, mostly because there's not a lot else to do while nursing. Here's a brief spring list, much delayed due to the difficulty finding computer time not otherwise allocated for keeping the family fed. Summer list to follow, fear not, but I thought I'd break things down... Continue Reading →
Hello, friends, longtime no chat! In case you've missed it, I'll be at a local event this weekend reading some previously unpublished (aka NEVER BEFORE SEEN) science fiction! I'm just the warm-up act - the event itself is the book launch for a fun nonfiction book called Ground Control, which is about the ethics of... Continue Reading →
As you might imagine, I read a lot of books at the end of 2023/beginning of 2024 while I was on maternity leave and I had very little time to talk about them, so I will attempt to do a quick and dirty round-up of everything at last now that I'm somewhat more functional in... Continue Reading →
I downloaded this chapbook from Brain Jar Press called From Baby Brain to Writer Brain. It's the reflections of one author on how to come back to a creative life post-matrescence. Matrescence is a cool word I learned thanks to NPR that describes pretty accurately what having a baby feels like. There was me before,... Continue Reading →
Very belatedly, here I am to tell you about the end of 2023, what I accomplished, what I didn't, and what my goals are for this new year. It took me a month to write this post because, well, the big news is...*drumroll* I had a baby. You might already know I was pregnant if... Continue Reading →
Everyone is out there doing their awards eligibility posts, and to be honest I am not sure I have anything awards eligible to speak of, but I thought I'd do a quick reminder of what saw the light this year and what you might expect next year. Honorable Mention: "Learn to Fly" Technically this was... Continue Reading →
I love Halloween. This year I have been doing a delightful marathon of spooky reads in anticipation of the holiday, so if you're looking for the perfect thing to get you in a Halloween mood, look no further! And speaking of looking no further -- if you're in Roanoke on the 28th (tomorrow) come on... Continue Reading →
I haven't posted one of these since May! This is in part because I went through a reading slump, which evolved into me re-reading a bunch of books for comfort. I can't say that won't happen again! But for now, here's the list of lovely books I did read for the first time over the... Continue Reading →
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