I live in one of those places where the mail doesn’t come to the house. We all have PO boxes, so getting the mail requires a trip to the local post office. And that’s what I was doing a few days before Christmas when an unexpected package arrived. Believe me, no child on Christmas morning […]
Goodness gracious! Has it really been that long since I’ve posted? Apparently it has, so onward and upward. Sasquan was my first WorldCon, but it won’t be my last. It was a great convention with a few not-so-great moments (such as food poisoning, followed by a raging case of bronchitis thanks to the smoke). I […]
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 […]
If you know me from any of my online hangouts, what I’m about to tell you is old news. I’m a Writers of the Future finalist for the second quarter (Q2) of Volume 31. Yayyy, me! I’m excited, but it’s my third time riding this bus, so I’m well aware that it usually lets […]
It’s been quite the year. Since my last post about writing, I have: been a finalist twice in Writers of the Future made my first SFWA-qualifying sale signed a multi-volume novel contract completed the first book in the above become a full-time writer who makes a living writing It’s all been such a whirlwind that […]