Gracie and the Whirligig is now available! Everyone up in the hills thinks Mama’s touched. And maybe she is. Or maybe she isn’t. But when a fire burns our still to the ground, I got no one to rely on but her. And that damned flying machine, that whirligig, that she probably stole. This is […]
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Next week, I start writing the next novel. (Yes, this is a full time job.) It’s War Among the Crocodiles, the conclusion of The Shadow Wars trilogy, that started with The Raven and the Dancing Tiger and continued in The Guardian Hound. This weekend, I’ll start looking at my notes for the series. Next week,
The last couple of weeks I’ve been going through both copy edits as well as first reader comments. Most of the comments are fabulous. I find myself nodding in agreement, or going, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Or just accepting and moving on. However, every once in a while, I run across something that
I’m in the middle of my second draft for Poisoned Pearls. It’s been going well. As expected, I’ve added a bunch of words, even in the sections where I wasn’t adding new scenes (of which I’ve already added two.) I like this novel a whole lot more now that I can step back and look
One of the things that I continue to work on for myself is my perception of myself as essentially a lazy being. On the one hand, I know I’m lazy. I spend an awful lot of time goofing off, reading blogs, playing games, etc. On the other hand, I’m also aware that I’m not actually
Burning Flowers Collection now available! See China through a wide range of characters, like a little girl in the Tang Dynasty determined to honor her sister, or an old woman in the Qing Dynasty who believes she has the best daughter, or even a boy on a Chinese colony in space. These unexpected stories carry
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This weekend, May 1 – 4, is the Cascadia Poetry Festival! My publisher, Knotted Road Press is one of the sponsors of this festival. Hope to see you there!
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If you’re in the Portland area and want to come see me read from my new book When The Moon Over Kualina Mountain Comes come to the SFWA Northwest Reading Series. It’ll be starting at 7 PM on Wednesday May 30 at Kennedy School, Portland, OR. Hope to see you there!
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If you’re in the Seattle area and want to come see me read from my new book When The Moon Over Kualina Mountain Comes come to the SFWA Northwest Reading Series. It’ll be starting at 7 PM on Tuesday May 29th at Wilde Rover Irish Pub & Restaurant, Central Way, Kirkland, WA. Or if you’re
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My latest novel, When The Moon Over Kualina Mountain Comes is now available! When the red moon rises directly over Kualina Mountain, madness follows. –Southern Islands proverb Centuries ago, fate forced the witches to move from the mainland to the Southern Islands. The peace-loving people there accepted and welcomed them. Now, centuries later, the gods
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