Flashing, Star-Dusted Sirens, and the Return of the Novel Revisions

Wow, over a month since my last post. I've been more swamped with real life than I thought! While I could definitely use a ton more spare hours in my day, shiny writing-related things have still been afoot amid the craziness: Shiny #1: Flashing! My story "The Swan Maiden" is now out in the current issue of … Continue reading Flashing, Star-Dusted Sirens, and the Return of the Novel Revisions

Don’t leave me, summer!

One more week of freedom before my fall semester starts. My brain is finally emerging from its state of denial over that fact. But, to look on the shiny side of the crazy busyness that fall will bring, this will be my final year of grad school. Two more semesters and I'm done, baby! This … Continue reading Don’t leave me, summer!

The Next Big Thing: My Contribution to Blog Hopping Fun

The obligatory intro text: There are the authors everyone has heard about: George R. R. Martin, Stephen King. But what about all those books written by people you’ve never heard of? Some of them are treasures just waiting to be found, and that’s what this blog hop is all about: the books you might not have heard … Continue reading The Next Big Thing: My Contribution to Blog Hopping Fun

Full brain is full!

I'm currently trying to readjust to reality after a couple weeks away—first for a week of writerly workshoppiness at TNEO, and then for a week of vacationy goodness down the shore. My brain's a little scattered, so bear with me as I share the writerly randomness that has occurred during my absence: * First, story … Continue reading Full brain is full!

On epic fantasy and bodily functions

Dear Potential Future Readers: So I'm working on this Big Fat Epic Fantasy Novel. If it ever sees the light of publishing day, then you, dear epic fantasy fan, will possibly read it. And several of you are going to raise certain complaints. I would like to preemptively address one of them now: No, it's … Continue reading On epic fantasy and bodily functions

The State of the Barb

I know I keep threatening to return to a regular blogging routine, but life seems intent on not letting that happen. Nevertheless, here's the state of me: * School is keeping me busy, but I'm enjoying it a lot more than I ever did grant writing. This whole getting my MLIS thing? Good damn decision, … Continue reading The State of the Barb

What I Didn’t Blog About On My Summer Vacation

*taps the blog mic* Is this thing on? So, yeah, I’ve been rubbish about posting lately. Life has been consumed by a big busy combo of workshopping craziness, vacationing, trying to finish things up at Ye Olde Day Job before my last day (two more weeks!), and preparing for that whole wacky grad school thing … Continue reading What I Didn’t Blog About On My Summer Vacation

Three Squiggly Things Make a Post

~ Much to my surprise, on Monday I cranked out the first draft of a short story I hadn't planned to work on that night let alone finish. It felt rather reinvigorating. I wrote 1,000 not totally crappy words in under an hour, which is unusually fast for me. Onto the second draft de-crapification process! … Continue reading Three Squiggly Things Make a Post

Escape from the Void Of Too Much Else To Do

Urgh, so much for resurfacing on the blogosphere. Well, I did resurface. I just got sucked right back into the Void Of Too Much Else To Do. I have a feeling that's going to be happening a lot over the next few months. So the bulleted version of what this writer has been up to: * … Continue reading Escape from the Void Of Too Much Else To Do