I'm a new writer of science fiction and adventure tales. I also make occasional forays into fantasy and realistic fiction. I love post-apocalyptic settings, utopias and dystopias, coming-of-age stories, and stories about underdogs struggling against the machine.
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What I’ve gotten done this year in the writing department

January – I submitted “Algae” to an anthology of novella-length science fiction. I also decided that for my next project, I would condense a pre-existing, old sucky trilogy into a single volume, titled The Free City.

February – I worked on detrilogization.

March – I received word that “Algae” had been accepted! Continued work [...]

December 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: progress, writing process | 4 comments

NoNoWriMo

Well, after resolving that I wasn’t going to do Nano this year, I’ve been seeing a whole boatload of my friends declaring their Nano intentions… and this really tempted me towards Nano’ing after all–but upon more mulling, I’ve decided to stick with the original plan. I wish all of you the best with Nano [...]

October 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: progress | Leave a comment

amwriting. slowlybutsurely.

Whoa, haven’t made a post here in quite a while. For that, I blame the Giant Home Improvement Project I’ve been embroiled in for the last month and a half. My husband and I have transformed the second floor of our house–from a very gray, dull and office-like setting, to a space that’s full [...]

October 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: news | 4 comments

Going forward by going backward

Well, I’ve come to a decision: I need to start over on Sweet Heart Catalyst.

See, it took me forever to come up with what I have. First of all, my pesky main character had decided that he was a cop investigating a murder: a giant subject about which I Knew Nothing! (as Schultz [...]

August 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: progress | 2 comments