New Programming and Classes for 2024 I've been busy on my end, I have a couple classes I'm going to be adding to my summer schedule, and I've decided to take a retreat at The Christine Center in a couple of weeks.
What I'm Reading: The Warm Hands of Ghosts I found The Warm Hands of Ghosts through the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club, and it was such a wonderful surprise of a novel. This book by Katherine Arden was a ghost story, and a fairy tale, and a historical novel about the terrors of war all rolled into one.
Thwarting the Inner Censor There are so many ways to make a writing process work, but the number one way to find what those are is to experiment freely and widely until the pieces fall together.
What I'm Reading: The Dead Take the A Train This is not an unbiased review in that I'm a huge fan of Cassandra Khaw. This novel fit neatly into their body of work. The Dead Take the A Train was jointly written by Khaw and Richard Kadrey. If you don't enjoy gore and viscera, this
Project Management for Writing: Breaking It Down A writing project is a set of tasks waiting to be completed. One of the most helpful tools I have in my writing toolbox is knowing how to break down any project and then estimate the amount of effort it will take to complete each task.
Book Release: 99 Fleeting Fantasies 99 Fleeting Fantasies is coming out February 15th, and I'm floored to be in a collection with some of my favorite authors, including Seanan McGuire, Premee Mohamed, and Cat Rambo.