Hey, Puppies, Can we talk? I’ve been watching this Hugo thing unfold with an ever-growing sense of disquiet. A lot of people are angry right now, and the anger isn’t helping anyone. In fact, it’s hurting people all over fandom, no matter where they stand on the Hugos. Sometimes anger is productive, but I haven’t […]
An excerpt from Poseidon’s Eyes, my short story forthcoming in Writers of the Future, Volume 31 on May 4th. The illustration is by artist Megen Nelson. Stop by her website and check out her other work! —————– Poseidon’s Eyes Sometimes you can get to know a whole town by understanding just one man. In the […]
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On anger, power and displacement Today I’d like to talk about anger, power and displacement. For anyone who isn’t familiar with the term displacement, it’s the idea that when a person of lower power or status feels threatened by a person of higher power or status, the threatened one will often displace their anger onto […]
Hi, all! In the next day or so, I will have a mini eARC for volume 31 of Writers of the Future to distribute to anyone who is willing to leave an honest review on launch day (or thereabouts). Here are the deets: The mini eARC (PDF) will only have three or four of the […]
There’s a call in certain corners of the internet for disavowals from people on the Sad Puppies slate. Here’s mine: I disavow racism wherever I find it. Calling someone a half-savage because of race? I disavow it. Denying someone’s ethnicity and heritage because that makes it easier to stereotype them as white oppressors? I disavow […]
ETA: Galaxy’s Edge has re-released TOTALED on their website. A few years ago, my sister was in a serious car accident with her two boys in the car. It was raining, and she hydroplaned on standing water that had pooled in the low spot of a cloverleaf on-ramp. Her Ford Explorer got tangled up in […]
Challenge accepted, Mr. Torgersen! My very first crush was on Astro Boy, shortly followed by Speed Racer, shortly followed by Mr. Spock and Cmdr. Sulu. I should note that I was four when Astro Boy and Speed Racer stole my heart, and five when I discovered Star Trek. By age six, my love of Star […]
Here’s what 2015 looks like so far in terms of cons and workshops. February – Superstars Writing Seminar April – Writers of the Future workshop and awards ceremony July – David Farland’s Master Worldbuilding workshop August – Sasquan, my first WorldCon – YAY!! November – Loscon 42
Sometime back in July, I got a phone call from Joni Labaqui letting me know that not only had I won Writers of the Future, I’d won first place for Q2 of V31. Yes, winning WOTF is a major squeegasm, but it’s more complicated than that, too. In addition to doing the Tom Cruise sock […]