Starting WEDNESDAY! Still time to sign up, and play in the Gothic sandbox with me, in my Dread & Desire course on Gothic writing techniques! We’ll do some reading, some thinking, some playing, some chatting, and most importantly some WRITING–with feedback from me! Useful for… Read More
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2023: My “Wonka Year”
Looking over my shoulder, I think about 2023 as my “Wonka year” (“You see: nobody ever goes in… and nobody ever comes out.”). No sooner had On Good Authority hit shelves (my debut novel! the stuff of my wildest dreams!) than I disappeared… or, at… Read More
You Might Need a Typewriter if…
On Saturday, I made a special trip with Other Husband (Legal Husband was working) into New York City. We were going to Gramercy Typewriter, and it was going to be just like being in Ollivander’s wand shop: the right one was going to choose me.… Read More
A Letter to Yourself, Should You Need It
Dear Self, It’s okay. I know that I’m you, but if I weren’t there’d be all sorts of things I’d tell you now, right now.
Ability as Accessory
I recently had reason to see myself on video. It really hurt my feelings. As far as I have come, I still look like a disabled person. It had been so long I guess, since I had seen myself in motion, that I forgot: the… Read More




