What happened to the warm weather? Oh, they say it’s coming back tomorrow. Of course they would say that. ____________ I wrote a little piece on collaboration the other day. It’s here; called On Collaboration, funnily enough. It occurred to me you all might be curious why so much of my writing (an intrinsically solo […]

-And lickity-split, it’s published: here’s the beer anthology, with our story, which I just announced the sale of like five minutes ago. 🙂 I haven’t actually seen it yet. If you get a copy, let me know how it looks! -I’ve been pondering what to work on next, writing-wise. Brilliant Editor informs me that I

Ooh, the stories are coming in fast and furious for my anthology…I can barely keep up with reading them! In fact I’m not caught up, I’m going to read these latest two tomorrow. 🙂 I’m a deadline writer too. Somehow, having that external framework is very…focusing, I suppose. Or maybe I’m just a procrastinator. Anyway,

Everything’s blooming in the garden, and in the aquarium too! Here’s an underwater lily: (phallic much?) Alas, the other flowering plants we bought didn’t make it. But here’s the Beatrice, looking lovely as she enjoys tonight’s algae tab: ______________ Busy day, battling back the forces of entropy. Plus I met an old friend for breakfast–someone

Yea verily, it is the single worst moment in the week to announce anything, but this is when the news has happened, so, here we go. Let’s see who’s on the internet on Friday evening. 🙂 OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS, the novel I wrote collaboratively with Jay Lake a few years ago, has been

Last year, when my folks were visiting, I took Mom and Stepdad to Portland Nursery (an experience he is still talking about). Stepdad, a (retired) professional gardener, recommended a few things for my back yard, including a lovely plant with impressive blue-purple flowers. (I’ve lost the tag for it, so I don’t remember what it’s

Just one week left to get your stories in for the anthology I’m editing! Three Little Words: “Witches, Stitches, and Bitches.” Here’s the guidelines: http://www.evilgirlfriendmedia.com/submissions I’ve gotten some fun stories, but I’m still waiting for yours. Yes, YOURS! Get on it! You’ve got a whole week! You can do it! 🙂 _______________ In other news:

I went for a swim today, for the first time in WAY too long. It felt really good, and tiring. And then in the afternoon I gardened a while–weeding, mostly. Such gorgeous weather we’re having! Everything’s growing! And then in the evening I also went to a yoga class. I’ve been going to a morning

Mark drove me back to Portland yesterday, which was sweet, as we’d left here in his car, and it would have been a long walk from Port Townsend. 🙂 On the way, we stopped at a marvelous nursery, because who wouldn’t? Today–after the delight of sleeping in my own bed–he helped me with a bunch

“Retreat” is the perfect word for this weekend; Mark and I are both enjoying such thorough withdrawal from the world. We’re both sleeping a LOT. I actually NAPPED yesterday–I never nap. And then we slept in this morning and missed the communal breakfast. Which is not actually very early. It’s such a congenial group here;