Monthly Archives: June 2011

Meeting Awesome People, Seeing Awesome Clothes

So, when my publicist once told me she’d met many people in real life that she’d first met through twitter, I was… skeptical.  And also slightly worried for her safety.  But when  Mary Robinette Kowal (whom I’ve spoken of before) … Continue reading

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All that scary dark, big bad YA lit

I imagine by now that many of you have seen this article on YA from the WSJ. It’s been making the rounds, everyone has something to say about it, and I thought I’d chime in with a little story of … Continue reading

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Music for Writing

Daring readers~ It may come as a bit of a surprise, but my choices for what to listen to while writing steampunk may strike you as very dull; period music, lots of Gilbert and Sullivan, nothing particularly modern, usually. But … Continue reading

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