Didn’t get a whole lot of writing done this weekend as I was primarily busy reading/editing/scrambling over tidepools.  However, the new MCU (mobile camping unit) has proven herself particularly useful to such endeavors.  How can you not be inspired by a place like this?

I’m making steady progress on Deathknot.  Yay!  I still have a few pages left, but all in all it’s been smooth so far.  I’m really in love with this story.  Diving into Norse culture has been an enjoyable experience, and I hope that when I’m done I’ve managed to blend Norse mythology with my own [...]

Continue reading: Progess Update

For Christmas last year, I received (from my awesome husband) an Amazon Kindle 2.   I wanted the Kindle over other e-readers primarily because the technology was better; although the Nook was running a heated race, I just didn’t feel that the product matched up to the Kindle in enough ways to justify buying it instead, [...]

Continue reading: My Kindle and Me

It’s been awhile since I posted anything – I’ve been staying off the computer as much as possible recently (well, considering my day job involves computers), due to arthritis in my hands, which my doctor thinks could be the early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis.  That’s not really the thing you want to hear when you’re still in [...]

Continue reading: it’s been awhile

It seems like anyone who is anyone in the SpecFic writing world has a livejournal blog.  I didn’t (well, until now), but apparently this is a good strategy to have, since everyone who is everyone can friend you, read your posts (or ignore them), and get to know you. In essence, livejournal helps people see you.  [...]

Continue reading: Ok, I guess I’ll jump on the bandwagon too

New sub opportunities of interest in the distant-near future, specifically geared toward the female perspective/protagonist: MZB’s Sword & Sorceress Anthology series has been picked up by Norilana Books.  This will be it’s 25th incarnation.

The Ladies of Trade Town: another Norilana Books production.

Realms of Fantasy’s “Women in Fantasy” themed issue.  There’s been a lot [...]

Continue reading: Sub Opportunities

So, I recently had a story idea inspired by a passage in Jack Campbell’s Relentless (The Lost Fleet series).  I’m still toying with how to execute the idea, but for now, this image almost completely captures the landscape and feel of the world I was imagining.  It also looks a lot like Endor, which [...]

Continue reading: Inspiration, Ideas

There are quite a few good sub opportunities coming up.  Parsec’s new 2010 Triangulation: End of the Rainbow anthology has been announced and I’d love to submit to this one.  Jabberwocky is open until filled.  Strange Horizons, Fantasy and Clarkesworld are closed until  Jan 15, (Fantasy is closed until March 1), so now is the [...]

Continue reading: Upcoming markets, work update

Assassins’ Canon is now available from Utility Fog Press. You’ll find tales of the dark and deadly kind, including my own story, “Vendetta.”

Here is a description of the anthology:

“Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin. Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a [...]

Continue reading: Assassins’ Canon Anthology

Time to evaluate where I am and where I want to be.

I have 4 stories in various stages of completion:

Continue reading: Goal-Setting