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Do We Remember
Lately, I've been missing LiveJournal and JournalScape. JournalScape now exists as an archive, and most people have left LJ. They're on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, but social media posts rarely hold the exploration and depth of thought online blogs once did. I miss recommendations, ruminations on life and writing and family and everything ( Read more... ) -
we break on through to the other side and the importance of losing myself
Saturday was one of the worst days of my life. I promise you, this is saying a lot ( Read more... ) -
team losh
A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law asked me to provide a story to a compilation ( Read more... ) -
magick 4 terri
Terri Windling, legendary writer, editor and artist, is experiencing health and legal issues. Friends and colleagues have founded Magick 4 Terri.
Please consider donating in whatever way you can. -
be nice to one another
Today is brought to you by Winter Blend tea.
***Recently I wrote an entry on being nice to people where I related an experience I had at a con where an author whose work I admired turned out to not be a particularly nice person ( Read more... ) -
this strange way of dying
My reading of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's lovely "This Strange Way of Dying" is up at Podcastle.
"This Strange Way of Dying" is beautiful and magical, and it was a pleasure to read it. -
feed cthulhu, feed the hungry
My awesome friend, Ross Lockhart, is an amazing editor, writer and human being. He's currently running a contest called "24 Hour Feed Cthulhu Feed the Hungry Twitter Challenge."
Basically, donate to a local charitable organization and tweet about it for a chance to win a free e-copy, or even signed book, of Ross' most recent anthology, The Book ( Read more... ) -
be nice to people
I recently attended two fantastic cons: World Fantasy Convetion and BizarroCon ( Read more... ) -
they pile up
My coffee table is full of books from WFC 2011. (I must find a spot for these ( Read more... ) -
just like starting over
I've been writing for the past years. Between jobs and school and parenting responsibilities, I've frequently only written 250 to 300 words a day, and have done little revising. There just wasn't time. But it was important to me to keep writing, consistently ( Read more... )