WordPress gave me a gentle nudge, and my deeply-rooted narcissism finally bloomed. What the hell, eh?
Who Am I?
No one, really. Just a girl, who wants to write, who does on occasion, but just as often finds ways of not writing. Writing off writing, I suppose. This blog is supposed to be about my writing, and usually it is. I’ve been tempted to spread out, talk about books I’m reading, or things that pop into my head, but I figure that’s just another way of cheating, so I try to keep my sidebars to a minimum.
What Do I Write?
Almost exclusively science fiction and fantasy, with forays into horror and erotica as the mood strikes me. Mostly I focus on novel-length stories. My brain isn’t naturally inclined to shorter works.
What Have I Published?
When I first got out of Journalism school, I freelanced for about a year, writing articles for the local paper. I also published a newsletter for a local writers’ group for a year or so. I’ve never published any of my fiction.
What Have I Finished?
Actually finished? I have completed first drafts of one novel, Sparrow King, a Bronze-Age fantasy, around 83,000 words and in desperate need of a proper edit, and two short stories. Lots of unfinished things.
What Am I Working On?
Right now I’m working on a novel, again, this one a modern fantasy code-named Spirit Cats because me and titles are like cliched item #1 not mixing with cliched item #2. They never come easy. I have a handful of short stories kicking around (held dear and perfect in my mind because they are unwritten and, thus, unsullied), and a few other novels waiting in the wings, another modern fantasy, an asian-themed fantasy, and a straight-up medieval fantasy. Notice a theme?
What Is The Point Of This Place?
Consider this website the steel of my efforts. While I write, I sharpen the blade with the whetstone by doing the hard work. The characters, the plots, the worlds, the words – each one I lift, shape, and bend makes the blade. But it’s the steel that keeps the edge straight from day to day, the rhythmic movements tuning it, arranging all those molecules so that the blade is perfect, ready to face the new tasks ahead.
This place is the steel of my mind, focusing what I want to do into what I do – write.
Right?
Write.
