Get Thee to The Cloisters

by | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog Archive

I feel as if I do a lot of whining in this blog—when I’m writing about writing, anyway. Part of me thinks this is OK, because I’m being honest, and writers so often talk only about the positive, exciting stuff. Part of me thinks it’s disingenuous: I...

Renaissance(s)

by | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog Archive

They’re electronic. They have gorgeous covers. And they’re mine—my first two novels, long out of print. The brief introductions I wrote for these new editions are below, along with the links to the e-books themselves. They’re back, baby. * I started A Telling of Stars...

The Same, Only Not Quite as Good

by | Dec 27, 2014 | Blog Archive

  I’m reading the Harry Potter series for the first time—aloud, to 12.75-year-old Younger Daughter. We’re three quarters of the way through The Goblet of Fire. There are some neat, worldbuilding-related details, and some preteen, best friend moments...

What’s in a number?

by | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog Archive

I’m sitting in bed, covered in blankets and cats, sinking into the falling-snow quiet that’s somehow seeping through the walls of the house. The house is quiet inside, too: I’m the only human here, and will be for the next two days. I’d be in...

What’s next? You tell me.

by | Oct 4, 2014 | Blog Archive, Uncategorized

I finished the first draft of The Door in the Mountain: the Redoorening (working title) three weeks ago today. Peter read it (typing comments whilst I sat beside him, writhing and sometimes squeaking); my editor will read it closer to the end of the month. And already...