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The Shades of Milk and Honey ebook is currently on sale for only $2.99! The sale ends on April 6th, but until then, whee!

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I mailed 320+ things in February. To say that I did not anticipate the enthusiasm with which the Month of Letters Challenge was accepted, is probably unnecessary.

But here… have an anecdote to get a glimpse of what it was like for me.

Yesterday I went to the post office, as usual, and stopped at the counter to ask a question. There wasn’t a line, ( Read more... )

Yay! Look at the nice things that RT Review says about Glamour in Glass.


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I was talking with Laura Christensen, who is one of my alpha-readers, about how useful I find her commentary. She does writes a fabulous stream of conciousness reaction, which helps me know if the story is playing the way I want it to.

Laura, being the handy person she is, has written an excellent blog post about what an alpha-reader does and how ( Read more... )

As you know, I’m not running for re-election as SFWA VP next year. I put out a call, hoping other people would step up and I’m happy to see several people volunteer to run for office. Right now, I want to draw your attention to one in particular, because I called her and asked her to run.

Rachel Swirsky is running for SFWA VP. If you’re a SFWA ( Read more... )

Mary and Dan discuss using a city as a character with Sarah Pinborough, for whom London is an important setting and one of her favorite places. We talk about the importance of being accurate, and how a city isn’t just the buildings and the history, it’s also the attitudes of the people who live there. Sarah gives us lots (and lots and lots) of ( Read more... )

Huzzah! My novella “Kiss Me Twice” is a finalist for the Nebulas. Much happy dancing! The full Nebula ballot is up at SFWA.org but just look at the other nominees in my category. You should definitely hop over to read Cat Valente’s novella at Clarkesworld. I also read Kij Johnson’s in Asimov’s and loved it. Some of the others aren’t online, but are ( Read more... )

One of the things I have most enjoyed about the Month of Letters Challenge is the mail that my character Jane gets. It has been not only fun, but actively helpful to write letters in her voice.

One of my readers just posted about receiving the response to her letter.

Check out this awesome thing I just got in the mail! This is a letter from Jane ( Read more... )

We begin with a definition of Historical Fantasy that allows us narrow the topic and differentiate it from Alternate History. When we say historical fantasy we mean “adding magic to a historical period we want to write in.” We offer some examples of this, talk about why it’s popular right now, and then talk about how you as a writer can do this ( Read more... )