I grew up in southern Missouri and Decoration Day was one of my favorite holidays. Never heard of it? Maybe you call it Memorial Day. Technically today at least, Decoration Day might not be held ON Memorial Day, but it's right around there and the sentiment is the...
Something people ask me a lot in interviews is how it feels to see your book on the shelf or to get the first copy. Do I celebrate? Things like that. My answer is usually that I don't. I toasted when I made my first sale, and I'm darn happy every time I make a new...
Last weekend I was on a panel at OddCon titled People and Animals. It's a pretty wide topic and the conversation varied a lot, but one thing that came up (Okay, I think I brought it up...) were tricksters. I love tricksters. For those of you who aren't familiar with...
This has been my in-between week. I finished a project last week, including revisions. I have three deadlines between now and November, but I've carefully charted each project on my handy calendar and am as confident as I can be that I can make all three deadlines....
