Erase, Erase, Erase
Or, I have a new novelette out today.
I spent a whole goddamn week with Billy Joel stuck in my head.
I blame Aer Lingus. You see, my noise cancelling headphones work better if there’s some other sound coming through them, so I was listening to music on my...
So you have/have not been nominated for an award.
Welcome to the emotional roller coaster. I’m not going to lie to you: for any professional writer, award season is kind of hell on the fingernails. Either...
I left my superpower in my other pants.
Don't be ridiculous. You're not wearing any pants.
Don't kill your darlings.
Not until you figure out what "Kill your darlings" really means.
I'll be at Worldcon this weekend!
It's in Ireland, you know....
Setting goals
What you can control, and what you will make yourself ill trying to control
How do I know when I've outgrown my crit group?
To crit quit or not to crit quit.
Mystery persons
Some random thoughts on my favorite kinds of plot.
I'll be at Silver Unicorn Books in Acton MA tonight, appearing with Cadwell Turnbull.
Does what it says on the box.
What I learned from reading slush
about how to get past a slush reader.
Where to find me and what I have been up to!
...reticulating splines...
How to become an award-winning writer in 7 steps.
It's simple. But that doesn't mean it's easy. Okay, it isn't simple either.
Peach custard for a variety of dietary needs...
I made a dessert last weekend that I’m pretty proud of. It didn’t entirely come out perfectly but it was delicious and easy, so I am willing to forgive it a...
Leveling
How to get better, and how to know when you're backsliding.
Happy Freedom From Creative Guilt Day!
You're not doing it wrong.
They taught me not to fail
They didn't teach me to succeed.
Surviving as a freelancer without starving to death
I hear gutters are very comfortable. But couches are more comfortable still.
Re-enter the Promethean Age
Hey folks, guess what?! New UK ebook editions of BLOOD AND IRON and WHISKEY AND WATER are available now!
Focus
It's not just for cameras anymore.
AMA
Hey, subscribers!
Breaking Bad... habits.
The problem with working by yourself, for yourself, all alone with yourself—and in a job that amounts to siphoning off measured and calibrated doses of your...
If you enjoyed Ancestral Night, here's a peek at the protagonist of Machine.
Out next year!
You are allowed to be successful
and other stories from the mines of impostor syndrome.
Jealousy part two: what if it isn't a friend?
Sometimes awful people get to be pretty successful...
Really most sincerely tired.
4th Street Fantasy is done for another year, and—as is usual for a convention I help run—in the immediate aftermath, I am so tired I can about feel my brain...
Short fiction update
There are some Bears loose in the woods....
Line of direction
Sequence and order; time and stress. These things are very important.
Not only are you allowed to say no: sometimes you just have to.
But first, look for reasons to say yes.
Holding out for a hero
Don't waste yourself on subpar opportunities.
The Red-Stained Wings is loose in the world.
*ARE* loose in the world? Oh well, it's the copyeditor's problem now.
Jealousy.
What to do when your friends are more successful than you are, or maybe just funnier and better looking.
Things that I get in the mail....
Some are mysterious.
The gentle art of enduring internet randos.
There are a lot of people in this universe who think they're entitled to your engagement.
Balticon! Holly Black! The Red-Stained Wings drops May 28th!
Also, a taste of what's to come.