I found a lost story…
Above is a photo of the best prize I ever won in a writing contest. Cool, eh? This is a planet. It’s a planet by glass artist Josh Simpson. He was the Artist Gu...
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When a book makes you crave biang biang noodles
It’s been a while since I wrote down a recipe, and I’m writing this one down so I’ll remember how to do it, and what I did. I read Annalee New...
BDSM for Romance Writers Class: April 29th
Coming up at the end of this month, I’ll be teaching an online class that should be lots of fun: BDSM for Romance Writers. As the official description rea...
Romantasy as a social phenomenon, academics get me hot, and more
Welcome to another monthly newsletter post, which I’m mirroring here because not everyone is either signed up to my email newsletter list or my Patreon. T...
Feeling very knife-y today
Feeling very knife-y today. Not stabby, exactly, but man, the news has just been unrelenting war, death, and aggression lately, and although things have been re...
Duck Day 2025 Recap, Recipes, and Picspam
Whew. Another Duck Day done and dusted. I just took my wedding ring off and discovered a leaf of thyme has been hiding under it since some time during the cooki...
Chapter 4 from THE HOT STREAK!
In honor of my publisher putting a new cover on my baseball romance and moving it into Kindle Unlimited for a while, I figured I would publish a sample chapter ...
New story at Sunday Morning Transport! *rocket emoji*
I’m still riding the creative high and queer community solidarity feeling that came from reading at Writers With Drinks in Seattle. Charlie Jane Anders wa...
Seattle Worldcon Report
There is not just one Worldcon. In Seattle this year, there were 5500 registered attendees plus another 2000 or so bought single-day memberships, meaning there ...
My Worldcon Schedule AND Boston Fan Expo (formerly Boston Comic Con)
Whew~! Readercon was a whirlwind, as expected, but so much fun. I had so many great panels, and I wrote down so many inspiring thoughts and quotes from fellow p...