Day 171
Welcome to Day 171 of quarantine…at least for me and my partner. That’s 5 ½ months of isolation as we haven’t left our house expect to drive the car and recharge its battery every few weeks. Not even to grocery Read More…
Welcome to Day 171 of quarantine…at least for me and my partner. That’s 5 ½ months of isolation as we haven’t left our house expect to drive the car and recharge its battery every few weeks. Not even to grocery Read More…
Look at those last lines in this poem by Nikki Giovanni. I don’t think / I’m allowed / to kill something / because I am / frightened.” Powerful. I’ve started, stopped, erased, rewritten, and pondered on this post many times Read More…
I’ve been playing with the idea of creating a webcomic for a while, but one holdback I had was the amount of time it takes to draw one. I love doing art, don’t get me wrong, but drawing and inking Read More…
This weekend is the Online Writer’s Conference, which is FREE and online during our quarantine days! If you’re looking to learn something about writing, you should check it out. Great guests and lineup. I’ve got a panel at 1 PM Read More…
When did it happen?
Our love was something to make the heavens sing, yet I turned around to find myself alone.
The darkness of your absence eclipsed any joy that filled me with light.
When did I stop being beautiful?
When did you stop desiring me?
Love is eternal, or so the poets say, yet somewhere across the years, we fell out of step. Like the gear shifts of a machine, our parts thrown out of sync in a moment.
Was it desperation that drove you into another’s arms, or was it something I did? Perhaps something I didn’t do?
< No. >
Too faint, I ignore the voice in the distance. Its fierceness reminds me of you, you know. Read More…
It’s Caturday!! Besides being a great day for cats, I have a story in a new anthology called Hidden Magic that came out this week! My story in it, “Amaskan,” features Ida from Amaskan’s Blood. Since it’s Caturday, Malleycat (my Read More…
I’ll be vending at the 5th annual Renton City Comic Con at Renton Technical College in Renton, WA this weekend with Books & Chains! Come on out and see the new books and new artwork by me, plus all of Read More…
Amaskan’s Blood‘s won another award, the Readers’ Favorites Award for YA Epic Fantasy. I’m happy that the first in the series is still getting so much love. <3 The title was also reviewed and said, “This is a novel for Read More…
If you’re heading to PAX West in Seattle this upcoming Labor Day weekend, I’m going to be a special guest / panelist there! You can see my schedule below: SATURDAY–AUG 31 @ 4:30 PM: WRITE-LIFE BALANCE Mixing a passion for Read More…
Just a reminder that if you’re attending the Locus Awards tomorrow, I’ll be signing at 12:30 PM, along with other awesome SF/F authors like: Greg Bear, TJ Berry, Curtis C. Chen, Tina Connolly, Elton Elliott, Amal El-Mohtar, Daryl Gregory, Eileen Read More…