Querying My Novel
I’ve been querying my novel for about two months now, and so far it’s basically emailing out or pasting into Query Manager and waiting, punctuated by surprisingly nice form letters. I mean, I got A LOT of rejections sending out my short stories (and also...Would the Novel I’m Querying Be Censored by the Chengdu WorldCon Hugo Committee?
Short answer: Probably not. Long answer: The book is set in 18th century Prussia (mostly Bavaria), 19th Century Prussia (Berlin) and Britain (London), 20th century Berlin and New York, and 21st century Greater New York Metro Area. The only reference to China is where...
Ondine’s Curse
This story was originally published in Electric Velocipede on December 30, 2013, and reprinted in Love Stories. She knew the signs of drowning; she’d seen it many times. Mouth below the waterline, arms pressing the body up out of the water for a breath. He didn’t cry...Content Warnings for my Novel
So, content warnings. A.S. Akkalon was talking about them over here and included a link to a Trigger Warning database. What I’ve been sending in my queries (yeah, #amquerying): “Content warnings: Pet death, partner death, child death, reference to torture,...ART!!! for my novel-in-progress
Hey! Check it out! ART!!! Aren’t they great? They’re by the amazing JLuvsWicked. If you’d like to commission some art, you can reach him at Instagram, Twitter, or Bluesky.Year In Review
My novel started the year at 65,000 words (draft 1.5), increased to 120,000 words (draft 2) to address developmental concerns, and decreased to the current 96,000 words. I feel like it’s structurally there and am just looking for things like how many times...What is the Meaning of Life?
42, of course! Eat well, try to get exercise, make some friends. Something else? You know. The unanswerable question. Fun for the whole family! It’s something that I’ve always been interested in. In college, I signed up for a freshman English course called...Music History Novel Research
Felix Mendelssohn. Know him? He wrote Elijah, among other things. Like this: He also has the dubious honor of being singled out as proof that Jews are incapable of true music in Wagner’s antisemitic essay on the topic. Fuck Wagner! Mendelssohn’s...Writing Process Stuff
Disclaimer: Any writing process that results in finished writing that you’re proud of is a valid process! It’s also normal that you’ll have to experiment with different processes to see what fits. So, when I was at Dragoncon this year, there was a...Subscribe
