Category Archives: writing

“Blood Brother” for sale

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Erin

As promised, this is the other story I’ve put up for sale recently. It’s what’s technically known as a novelette — about 13,000 words — longer than a short story, shorter than a novella. The cover is by Jade E. … Continue reading →

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Friday flash — growing ivy

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Erin

Today’s drabble is inspired by Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenge, using three of the following five words: enzyme, ivy, bishop, blister, lollipop. (Note if you haven’t visited his site before, some of the language is not words I would say … Continue reading →

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Crossing the streams of genre

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Erin

Okay, crossing the streams is an obvious image to use when talking about crossing anything, especially with any kind of an SF/F background (or an ’80s movie background). But it’s a bad analogy, because crossing genres is a good thing, … Continue reading →

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Catching plot bunnies

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Erin

As I’ve mentioned before, I often have more than one project in progress, so I had to decide which one to use for this post — I’m going to talk about Touching Time, my Mayan novel. In my freelance work, … Continue reading →

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multita–oooh, shiny!

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Erin

This weekend, Patricia C. Wrede posted to her blog about multitasking manuscripts. It’s an excellent discussion on how writers should figure out for themselves whether or not to work on more than one project at a time. She describes chronic … Continue reading →

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Where did the time go?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Erin

I’m behind in listening to the I Should Be Writing podcast, but back in . . . episode 199, maybe? . . . Mur Lafferty suggested writing down all the things you do that take time. She wasn’t saying you … Continue reading →

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X is for xenophilia

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Erin

Love of the other. That’s why I read and write science fiction and fantasy — whether the other is an alternate version of our own world, a might-have-been, a might-yet-be, or someplace so fantastic a human could never survive. Other … Continue reading →

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Utterly lovely review of Dreampunk

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Erin

I neglected to post here when I put my novella Dreampunk up for sale last week. I wanted to make sure it had gone in to the extended distribution on Smashwords first. Well, it has. And Alex Fayle posted a … Continue reading →

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S is for submission opportunities

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Erin

Speaking of opportunities, here are some currently open anthologies (paying pro rates) to look at: Bloody Fabulous, edited by Ekaterina Sedia. Prime Books. Urban fantasy, focused on fashion. 1,000-7,500 words preferred; December 1st deadline. Pay is 5 cents per word. … Continue reading →

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R is for results

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Erin

Results are the outcome of everything that we do. I follow a training program for running, I get results: I can run farther, and my thighs start slimming down. I spend hours writing instead of frittering away time on the … Continue reading →

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