I've neglected this blog so long, but am hoping to get back to it and despite all the horror of the last year, I still think it's worth...

At this time last year, I was basically immobile. With a torn tendon in my leg and facing surgery with a possible six-month recovery, I...

I saw a friend mention she hated year-end recaps, and I suppose in some ways I agree. When everyone’s doing, it does get a tad trite....

It’s been a while since I’ve updated here, and for that I’m sorry. I wanted to let you know how the social media hiatus was going, since...

The other day I announced that I will be taking a hiatus from social media from October to January. There are many reasons for this, some...

I realized today it had been quite a while since I'd blogged, when I'd intended to get back to it more regularly. And yet...when I look...

I tried and failed a few times to write this blog post; it’s been a tough year in many respects. But I felt that I was overlooking and...

It is nearly two months since my mother died the day after my birthday. Many weeks since I flew to her funeral. Like so many who...

Wyvacon is a new convention in Wytheville, Virginia that I had the pleasure of attending the last weekend in July. I really enjoyed my...

It's a month later and part of me still can't believe that I went to the Locus Awards as a finalist co-editor for Best Anthology. I will...

Sometimes when you’re working, you hit a wall. It’s a fragile time for creative work, because many artists abandon their work at this stage.

You can grieve the world that was—we are unlikely to get that back. But you must not give up.