The ADHD Entrepreneu(Her) Podcast
I appeared on The ADHD Entrepreneu(Her) Podcast last week to discuss my origin story, years as a ghostwriter and what TF book coaching is. Listen to the conversation here.
Episode 347 of the Indy Author Podcast
I joined Matty Dalyrimple to explain "Magpie Mode", my playful name for the creative practice of gathering intriguing facts, quotes, objects, experiences, and fragments before knowing how exactly they will fit together. Listen to the conversation here.
Renegades of Tomorrow Bundle!
I'm incredibly delighted to announce that Double Edged, the first book of the Bulari Saga, was selected to be part of the Renegades of Tomorrow StoryBundle curated by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). If you've never seen a StoryBundle before, it's a really cool deal. Basically, you can get bundles of themed ebooks at a ridiculously low price. Here's the info on the Renegades of Tomorrow bundle: Renegades of Tomorrow "Not on my watch." Why do rule-breakers and rogues intrigue us? Perhaps because we know the rules often need changing. Meet thirteen reluctant heroes of all types as…
We Successfully Read Space Cocaine
A few weeks ago I told you about Space Cocaine. Some of you came to check it out last night at Belmont Books in Portland — thank you! (And a huge thank you to Joe at Belmont Books for the hospitality. For those of you who couldn't make it, briefly, it was a riot of a good time. We had simple rules. Whoever was reading had to wear the head bopper (so you knew who was reading). Each reader had ten minutes, as timed by a chicken kitchen timer.As soon as the timer rang, you stopped reading — even if it was…
What I Learned in My 5th Year as a Freelance Writer
Welcome to my annual review post, where I take a look back at 2018 to see how I make a living as a freelance writer. Read about Year 4 (2017), Year 3 (2016), Year 2 (2015) and Year 1 (2014). Cover photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash January 2019 marks five years since I went full-time as a freelance writer. I got in the habit of cataloging my yearly lessons early on, when I realized so much of the advice that I was seeing out there was from freelancers who had been in the business way longer than I had. I figured this annual series would be…
It’s Spring!
It's finally officially nice here, after one last miserable stretch of cold and gloomy weather, and my husband and I spent the weekend landscaping our yard. (That's us with a Subaru filled with trees and flowers, above.) As is the way of landscaping projects, what we thought would take three days actually took five — but we're done! Sore and full of blisters, but done. (Left: Optimistic Jessie on Day 1. Right: FINISHED!! Not pictured, exhausted Jessie and Robert.)It was a nice change of pace, actually.For the past few months, every spare moment has been spent in front of my…
Brrr, aargh — NaNoWriMo and more
Hi friends! It's November, which is simultaneously National Novel Writing Month and the month I most want to be curled up with a good book and a hot toddy.I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this year (the goal is to write a 50k novel in a month), and I'm thoroughly behind. But despite falling way short of the 50k word goal this month, I'm still making steady progress on the next Durga System book, which heavily features Starla!Stay tuned....I have a couple of book recommendations for you below, but first, some announcements. Come meet me at Holiday Cheer! For those of you in…
How to Deal with Arthritis & RSI Pain as a Writer
(This is the second post in a series about how arthritis affects writers, and what we can do about it. TL;DR version: I’m doing a writing fundraiser for the Arthritis Foundation and you should donate here if you want to read my next book sooner. Here's the first post.) Despite being such a sedentary job (or perhaps because of it), writing can wreak havoc on the body. There’s all the slouching, the mousing, the typing, the banging your head against the keyboard. (That last one's not just me, right?) I’ve been thinking about the affect of joint pain a lot…