Blog Posts

  • Songs for a New (Old) Spring

    Tomorrow is the first official day of spring, which is delightful to my somewhat pagan heart. And, as someone who occasionally (or often, depending on whom you ask) feels she’s living in the wrong time period, I take this opportunity to wish you a happy Vernal Equinox. May you, like the Sphinx at Giza, orient…

  • Future’s looking bright

    I find myself alternately intrigued, amused, and inspired by Outshine (http://twitter.com/Outshine). It describes itself as ‘A Twitterzine for optimistic, near future prose poems.’ Twitter posts include serious inspirational quotes on Mondays, lighter ones on Fridays, feel good ‘window on the next 50 years’ Sci-Fi prose poems on Wednesdays, and humorous ones usually on Saturdays. Most…

  • Happy Birthday, Henry W. Longfellow

    In his lifetime, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the most beloved poet in America, internationally acclaimed for his poetry, his translations (he spoke or read at least 12 languages), and his open-minded gentlemanly regard for all the cultures and visitors that crossed his path. He lived most of his adult life in Cambridge, MA, in a…

  • Fish Girl Upon the Currents

    Despite running into a number of roadblocks, including a fussy printer and a number of magazines which have ceased operation, I managed to get “Fish Girl and the Kapok Spirits” out in the mail today! Given the number of closed magazines in the last few months and also how ‘plugged in’ the sci-fi/fantasy crowd is…

  • Fish Girl Take 2

    I believe this rewrite has worked out the worst weaknesses of the previous draft. I’ve got a list of places to send it, along with my other ocean story, “Shimmers and Sea Stars,” so that’s part of my plan for tomorrow. I’m working the weekend so Thursday is going to be writing/marketing day, with a…