Trophy by snaku6763 Late last month I decided to break my own rule about not entering literary contests in order to sub to a good cause....

“Hu.man and Best” is set in far-future Africa, decades after a war between humans and AI. A vacationing military officer, flying across...

First of all: Yay! I remembered how to construct a rudimentary html table. Some things we never forget: how to ride a bike, how to make a...

leaps and bounds 2015 was my best writing year BY FAR. *leaps and bounds* That the year was also extremely challenging on a personal...

Things will be a mess for a while.

I am so pleased to announce that my short story “Sound of Chartreuse” has been published by Perihelion Science Fiction Magazine. Set on a...

“And Always, Murder” is now online, published at AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review. One reader of this story suggested that I’ve...

“ReMemories” is a near-future sf story about a time when memories can be stored and reviewed later. A woman who, in her youth, gave up...

The other day while we were taking our evening walk, he told me about a “stupid mistake” (is there any other kind?) he’d made. Then he...

Yes, there was a wedding in the middle of June which took me away for a week, but other than that, I’ve been home—even more than usual....

My indie publishing house, Third Person Press, decided to put together a ghost story anthology because we get more ghost story...

Hey, we all know it. Writers sit too much. And the longer we sit, the more we read about how damaging sitting is. It’s enough to make us...

Last year, an online acquaintance—Gary Henderson—from my Second Life writing group—The Quillians—got accepted to Viable Paradise Writer’s...

For the last week or so, I’ve been working on the novel I wrote in November during NaNoWriMo. Today I admitted to myself, that while...

Designing the covers for The Speculative Elements Series from Third Person Press and its upcoming ghost story anthology, Grey Area, has...

As for the book itself, I’m still not sure about my title, “Plasticity.” I like it and it fits the subject matter, but it probably sells...

The thing I’m most proud of after successfully finishing NaNoWriMo is that I made no foolish pledge to blog everyday during the month....

from Astute Graphics Today, my main character showed her character. Up to now, she’s been more self-involved and confused than anything...

Today, I could not get to The Point. I planned on writing the MC’s Fateful Decision. That point at which she makes a decision that will...

photo courtesy of practicalowl Yesterday, my MC was walking home from her job, exhausted and worried, when she suddenly decided to climb...