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Blog postI got a lot of reading done in April, but never had time to update this post. That’s why it’s late. I was trying hurriedly to finish the next Fey novel, and everything else seemed to get thrown overboard.
Much of what I read I liked, which is a nice change of pace from earlier in the year. I also think I’m a bit more open to things than I was in those last throes of the horrid pandemic surges. (At least I hope those are the last throes.)
You’ll note that all of the books came -
Blog postI keep forgetting that working in the arts requires a very specific sort of attitude. It’s an attitude that can be trained, but to do that, an artist must want to change. This is a complex and sometimes difficult thing to do.
First, the attitude itself.
It’s a combination of optimism and pragmatism, with a bit of cynicism mixed in. Yeah, I know, confusing. So let me give you the example that sparked this small series of blog posts.
Moving to Las Vegas four years ago no -
Blog postDean calls the period from the beginning of May to the middle of August The Time of Great Forgetting. That’s because all the plans we made at the beginning of the year no longer motivate us to work during the rush of spring/summer events. Graduations, weddings, family reunions, gardens, and the beckoning of the great outdoors all get in the way of writing goals. So to combat that, we’re offering a flash sale on the workshops that will run until late tomorrow (Wednesday). Go to Teachable and
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Blog postMaggie knows things. She reads a person’s thoughts and uses that information to make a living.
But when she meets the old man, everything changes. He knows things he shouldn’t, things that threaten Maggie’s sense of security.
He also says he knows her future. And that terrifies her more than anything.
Providing a whole new perspective to a beloved classic, “Voyeuristic Tendencies” is an homage to Robert Silverberg’s novel Dying Inside.
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Blog postFor more than a decade, writers have asked me what they can do to sell their existing books. I always tell them to write the next book. Some writers don’t have time for promotion. Others don’t have the constitution for it.
But all the ads in the world don’t work unless the writer has a lot of inventory. And when the reader is done with that inventory, they want more. They want the new book, the latest novel, the fifteenth book in the series.
Of course, there are other ways to -
Blog postWhen Dr. Wyatt calls Ro and Gil into his office, they fear the worst for their baby.
But Dr. Wyatt thinks he has good news. Ro knows better.
This news means choices that could change their future—choices Ro and Gil never wanted to make for their child.
“Good Genes” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story’s also available as an ebook through various online retailers here.
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Blog postAs I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, I’ve been taking a pretty extensive Entertainment Law class. Initially, I took it to learn about industries related to mine, as I get back to licensing. But I found the first semester fascinating, because it filled in a lot of gaps in my learning.
It also filled in a few gaps in my teaching.
For years now, I’ve told you not to hire agents. Hire an attorney. Many of you balk, thinking attorneys are expensive, never thinking about the co -
Blog postAs Rikki tries to shove a dead body out of the airlock on a space yacht, she finds herself stopped by a stunningly attractive man. Not because he wants to arrest her for killing the guy, but because he wants to help her dispose of the body.
Rikki doesn’t need help, even sexy blue-eyed help. Yet somehow, she can’t get rid of this handsome man, despite the fact that getting rid of people is her job.
The story that inspired Rusch’s novel Assassins in Love, which she wrote under t -
Blog postI had two major challenges in 2021. The first was the stupid pandemic. I hadn’t realized how much of my brain it consumed. Even after I wrote the blog called “Focus,” I still wasn’t back 100%. At some point in early 2022, I clicked over to this: Covid will be ever with us, and I needed to put the fear and the hypervigilance in its place. The way I do when I drive on the freeway (which I hate) or when I enter a tough situation.
Yes, yes, I know: there’s still a lot to be done with Covi -
Blog postWhen Ben’s wife leaves him, taking little Casey with her, he feels lost. Ben just wants to read to Casey, to tell her stories, and he knows just the one: a fairy tale his father read to him as a boy—before things went bad.
But finding the story proves difficult. And the truth behind the story might prove most difficult of all.
“The Boy Who Needed Heroes,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. -
Blog postJ. Reed Brasher knows he has forgotten something important. A lot of somethings, actually. The memory of his entire life slips through his grasp save for bits and pieces. Age, they tell him. And at 90, maybe he should believe them. But he doesn’t. Because he remembers something. Something that tells him he should never have lost his memory in the first place.
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Blog postAfter a few months of quiet on the short story front, I’ve just published another one. Asimov’s SF Magazine has published “The First Step.” Unlike many of my stories of late, this one’s short. It involves time travel and cranky professors and…well, you’ll see. You can download Asimov’s on a variety of sites or pick […]
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Blog postOh, my, is there a lot of mess. And I'm still finding stray bits of code that don't belong. You'll probably see some too. Sorry about that. But things are changing, in a way that pleases me. I figure the website redesign will take all month. At least the RSS Feed works again, and you can subscribe to the site in a variety of ways. If you find something truly wacky, let me know. Otherwise, assume the code and assorted meaningless stuff you're seeing will soon fade away. Wish me luck!
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Blog postI’m having a bizarre week. I’m redesigning my website, so I don’t have time to update any of the other websites I’m responsible for, including the Women in Science Fiction project. I’m continuing to read for that, though, and am having a blast, although I’m deeply overwhelmed by the amount of material. Next week, I’m taking a Shakespeare class, partly for a project I’m working on and partly to get my mind on other things. So I’m reading three different Shakespeare plays in prep — Much Ado Abou
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Blog postOn the night Anna’s boyfriend tried to kill her, Anna’s badly injured cat Star disappeared. Now, half a continent away, Anna’s neighbor tells her about a white cat with unusual markings haunting the neighborhood. Do cats have ghosts? Or has Star herself somehow made her own incredible journey across the country to be with the only person she’s ever loved?
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Blog postRemember my website redesign? It looked lovely, but it was already falling apart. All of that is due to some coding the person who was supposed to maintain the site did, stuff I can't remove. He took my mobile-friendly design and made it unfriendly. And now parts are meeeeeeelting...and I can't fix them. So, I'm redesigning. Bear with me. It's going to be a bumpy ride. But I think it'll all come out okay in the end. (I hope.)
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Blog postI started the major reading for the women in science fiction project I’m editing for Baen Books this month. Most of what I’m reading is stuff I should have read in the past. I’m also rereading stories that I remember from twenty years ago. Some hold up. Others don’t. I’m stunned at what I’m finding and what’s been lost. I find it overwhelming at times. But it’s such a worthwhile project and so much fun. Some of the material here duplicates what’s on the site, because I’m enjoying what I’m read
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Blog postI love Taylor Swift, and I’m not afraid to admit it. It’s not just because her song “Shake It Off” accompanied me on my daily run during those tough days earlier this year when my world got infiltrated by haters. (Swift wrote the song with Max Martin and Shellback as a response to the criticism she constantly receives.) “Shake It Off” reminded me that I’m better off writing than I am worrying about people who aren’t worth my time.
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Blog postWhen tragedy took everything from Violet, she left home and never looked back. Until now. Her mother’s funeral. Violet hopes she can settle her mother’s affairs and quietly return to the life she built after that day. Until she sees him. Skeeter Johnson. The boy who shot her in the face. In a moment, her past returns to haunt her. A past she thought she left behind. A past, she comes to discover, full of her mother’s secrets.
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Blog postI am really excited to announce that the first book in my Interim Fates series is now available for preorder. I have always had a special place in my heart for the Interim Fates, teenage girls who got in over their heads when their father (Zeus) put them in charge of all magic. And, when […]
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