Why are cats?
We have a little mudroom/storage shed on the back of our house that I use (among other things) to store bird seed. Our downstairs guest bedroom (currently...
$2.99 THE STONE IN THE SKULL ebook!
Does what it says on the box!
First they came for the book clubs.
Hey folks, It seems to be time to tell you what I managed to get read in March, which is currently acting more like February here in the glorious...
Meanwhile, over at the Discord, a book club for writers...
Hey, folks, As some (most?) of you probably know, one of the benefits for paid subscribers of this newsletter is access it a private Discord server, which is...
Horse stories make a triumphant return!
Hey, folks, Well, I'm riding again on a regular basis, much to everyone's relief, and so I've got horse-related things to tell you. Ormr is doing great, and...
The trick is not to keep moving the extra credit goalpost, I think you'll find.
I am coming around to the feeling that one of the worst things we do to ourselves is quantifying everything, and training ourselves to judge everything by...
Ego defense and American authoritarians
Hey, folks, I've been thinking a lot about American authoritarianism as we watch the situation unfold in Ukraine, breath held and fingers crossed for those...
Cancer stuff update
No real news, but boy between the tamoxifen and the post-radiation sequelae, I am learning a lot of stuff about thermal dysregulation. I feel like a have a...
Origin of Storms excerpt! And... good news, bad news.
The good news is the excerpt, obviously. :D Which you can read here. The other good news is that amazing cover art. The bad news is that due to S*pply Ch*in...
Nobody needs more punditry on Ukraine right now and I am not an expert anyway
I will say one thing, though, that DOES speak to my area of expertise: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is really, really, really good at narrative. I can see why he was...
February 2022 Book Club
Hey folks, A day late, but not a dollar short, I hope. The world is a scary place right now, and I spent yesterday in post-cancer doctor appointments. All...
Cheap Ebooks!
Well, it’s not horse_ebooks, but they are on sale! For US readers, my award-winning first novel, Hammered, is on sale for $1.99 in ebook. For the UK readers,...
Quiet out there. Too quiet.
Hey, folks, So my radiation burns have nearly healed (just a couple of small scabs left, three and a half weeks after finishing treatment, and no oozy...
So we're watching this TV show called "TRAPPED."
Hey, folks, Well, I’m healing, slowly. There is some skin or scar tissue that wasn’t there before, and I’m kind of hoping that by Friday or Monday I might...
"A Blessing of Unicorns" available online now.
Hey folks. Asimov's has made its Locus-Award-Nominated short fiction for 2021 available online, including my story "A Blessing of Unicorns." Enjoy!
Big UK discount on MACHINE
Hey, folks! Just a quick note to let UK readers know that MACHINE is a Kindle Monthly Deal for 99p at Amazon UK! Remember to always take Mantis Cop's advice!...
Book Club, January 2022
So I mentioned over in the discord that I was reading a book that made me really angry. And in fact, it made me so angry that I wound up posting a goodreads...
I don't believe that everything happens for a reason. (CW, cancer stuff)
Well, I’m done with the radiation treatments. They gave me a certificate and a cute pink superheroine pen and let me pin a pink ribbon to a corkboard. (It...
Peter Pan Vs. Jenny Waynest
Actually I bet they'd get along famously.
Five More Fire Hydrants
CW: cancer stuff and one more piece of practical advice. Well, I am scabrous, rugose, and desquamating. I've got blisters in my underboob and peeling,...