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I’m not a huge fan of the chocolate-chip cookie, but every now and then I want one.  My local drugstore had an amazing sale the other day, with a box of cookies at about half the price of the name … Continue reading →

I’ve posted a few times on the persistence of Victorian Morals in girls’ fantasy, and how they lead to characters who do the self-sacrifice thing even absent any supernatural justification.  So I was pretty interested to come across a YA fantasy … Continue reading →

When my agent was marketing ‘Advice From Pigeons’ around, he sent me all the rejection e-mails.  I wasn’t sure whether I was grateful or not, but one of them stuck in my mind and has popped up every now and … Continue reading →

Editing and marketing have made me dive back into my Royal Academy Trilogy after almost a year since I finished the third book.  In the interim, I’ve been working on a single point-of-view novel with a YA protagonist.  So going … Continue reading →

… I’ve just been doing more urgent things than blogging, morally supported by the disappearance of many of the other writers I follow from the blogosphere.  A big ‘wow!’ to people who can keep up with writing, and real life, … Continue reading →

I just re-issued Beginner’s Luck on Kindle.  It’s the story of a mild-mannered botanist who finds himself involved with plant pornography, dryad rights, and the theology of conference door-prizes. Plus, it has illustrations by Georgie Schnobrich! I tried to copy … Continue reading →

Here I sit drinking coffee, minding my own business, when the man across the street erupts into pagan invocations. “ZEUS! Dammit!” In my back yard, hanging out the laundry, it comes again. “Zeus! Apollo!” No, I don’t live down the … Continue reading →

I have not read 50 Shades of Gray, so I won’t comment on its content. Two of my friends have read it; one (male) said “it hardly has any sex in it!” The other (female) said “Wow, there’s lots of … Continue reading →

How many times have I tried to comment on a blog this week, and been unable to? When I wasn’t looking, the major bloggeries seem to have decided to limit participation only to people who can be vouched for, in … Continue reading →

The rules: Go to page 7 or 77 of your WIP Count down 7 lines Post the next 7 lines. Here’s what I got: “Oh, little finches with your sharp beaks,” said Bana Orn, “Cut through this cord that holds … Continue reading →