It seems a funny thing to observe that I miss having a blog (the kind I update daily with random stuff, not a place like this, which is more narrow in focus)… not because I love Too Much Sharing, but because writing my thoughts down forced me to organize them, and walked me through them to conclusions I might not have other...
2020-02-21 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Heartskein is done! I'm just waiting on all the retail links to propagate so I can do the formal launch (probably next week). (Yes, it's up already, if you go look for it! You can buy it ahead of launch if you want, or leave reviews on Amazon/Goodreads/your blog/etc.) (Yes, there will be a launch post here!)
My...
2020-02-18 13:43:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I lost about two and a half work days to assorted Real Life things last week, so I am trying to make up for it this weekend so I can get Heartskein out on time. I think I might be a few days late anyway, but a few days is more forgivable than a few weeks. Hopefully. >.>
Everything else is on hold until I ...
2020-02-15 14:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In keeping with my promise (and my alma mater's offer) I drove up today to school to hang out in the art building and work and chat with all the kids as they came into their classes. I got there just before lunch and started work while talking with the AP Art students (that's 'advanced placement', which means if they do well ...
2020-02-11 22:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Doesn't he look like an art installation? This feels appropriate since this past week I hung the exhibit, did my reception, and hosted my talk and Q&A. It was amazing... I'll have more about that in the coming days.
Last week my kid also polished off her theater season with a trip to the state competition, so it was...
2020-02-08 16:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Because this is the busiest week of the spring season for me... a brief pause for news/catch-up!
We haven't done Caturday for a while! (And Monday I will have an actual news post, so I'm not going to bother with news today!) Instead I give you furry seashell cat. Also, a link to humor about Microsoft Excel, written by my friend Rowyn and sti...
2020-02-01 19:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I am the busy jaguar! Last week I finished Heartskein and handed it to beta-readers. I also finished drawing in and mailing the 25 paperbacks for the Major Pieces Kickstarter. Which is fantastic because it leaves me with the rest of January free to concentrate on exhibit planning.
For those of you new ...
2020-01-27 14:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostIf you want to be a first-reader for this book and are not on Discord, wave your hand so I can send you a URL!
If you are on Discord, the link is in the #vault. If it's scrolled too far, I've pinned it. Or you can just PM me for the link directly. :)
Please note, at the request of my dedicated first reader team, I...
2020-01-25 13:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I already posted my themes for the coming year! Here, then, are my concrete plans!
As I mentioned in my theme post, I’m planning to get off the hamster wheel of delivering a billion bo...
2020-01-10 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
My themes for the coming year! Specific goals coming as soon as I get myself organized! 💖
2020-01-06 15:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post
*dons Santa hat*
Hello, Patrons! Yes, I know the major gifting holidays are mostly over. But the period between Christmas and New Year’s is actually one of the busiest bits of the holiday for me, because it’s the time I prepare for next Christmas!
I’m not sure when I started doing this. I do know it...
2019-12-27 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the few indulgences I allow myself on vacation is the writing of a holiday short, if I feel like one. Jahir and Vasiht'h have already had a funny holiday story ("The Snow Maiden")... but the realization that there was a holiday season between the events of From Ruins and Healer's Wedding--the first ho...
2019-12-24 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the best parts of being an indie author who answers only to herself and her readers is the freedom to throw aside convention and head down the roads rarely taken, particularly the surprising ones you didn’t realize Were Things. This is something I’ve had on my mind lately post-Major Pieces… because not o...
2019-12-16 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Whenever I look up from working, a cat has appeared. This particular moment was funny because I moved the beanbag right up next to my desk to make room for the Christmas tree and somehow I still managed not to notice him joining me.
I count it as a Christmas blessing that we've ended up with a cat who has absol...
2019-12-15 15:17:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that time of year again, when we must imbibe the cup of holiday cheer! So here is the return of Season's Meaning, a story which is not available on retailers anymore. Fill out your collections!
2019-12-13 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re heading into the holidays, and the final weeks of the year! Which is traditionally the time of year I slow down; I try to take at least two weeks, if not the whole month, off. I asked a bunch of you what you wanted to see from me, post-wise, during this slower period and surprisingly the answer was “news and updates...
2019-12-11 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(This $10 tier business post is available to all patrons this month as a Christmas gift. Enjoy! --M)
When I asked about topics that interested you all, business-wise, one of them that came up was “you mentioned that art-making/making a living is different if you have dependents… can you talk about that?”<...
2019-12-10 17:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, y'all! I am participating in this free book giveaway, in particular handing out copies of Flight of the Godkin Griffin. If you haven't gotten to that one and are curious about it, you can pick it up until the end of the month. (It is a sword and sorcery story about a cranky middle-aged griffiness in the army, an...
2019-12-04 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Everybody’s got a story… even the bystanders.
The staff of the Alliance’s foremost restaurant… the forgotten children of the imperial Chatcaavan harem… the story of how an empress hired a D-per, and an entire ship full of Glaseah came to settle on an alien w...
Or at least, I'm pretty sure this is a flier from Chicon. The first one I attended, in 2000, when it was the Worldcon. Prior to the con, Elizabeth Barrette and I got together to discuss topics and prepare materials for some of the panels we were on, and she was the one who suggested we do fliers to attract people (not a minor...
2019-11-13 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to November, everyone! We’re almost two weeks into November, actually, and I’d say “I don’t know where the time went” but I actually do. It went into book launch stuff. So without further ado, let’s catch up with Jaguar activities from October!
The elephant in...
2019-11-12 14:43:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I have had a lovely couple of days off, wandering around looking at birds and swimming with dolphins. Here's one of the showier friends I photographed while I was away!
Usually on Saturdays I'd do news and announcements but next week we are getting the monthly round-up so Imma skip and just eat some of these leftover ch...
2019-11-09 22:13:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As I plot out the next year of work, I figured I'd ping all of you to see what things would delight you! Here's a document you can all edit, to add things you'd like to see. It doesn't have to be huge macro-level projects ("I want to read Coracle Book 2!"), though that's fine too... it can also be, "More aliens!" or "I liked ...
2019-11-08 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Probably from at least 15 years ago? I don't remember. I was in a meeting, but it was definitely work, not school or college. But anyway, scribbles with a ballpoint pen!
2019-11-06 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post*scratches head*
I'm guessing this one is from late elementary school... if I remember correctly, I got super into band instruments because I was playing clarinet in the school band, and my junior high didn't have a school band and this is much earlier than high school. So yeah, I was probably 10 years old or younger wh...
2019-10-30 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
NOSE
I hope your weekend is going well, everyone! I'm finishing up edits on Major Pieces so you can expect that in a couple of weeks... plus, putting together materials for three (!) talks/classes I've been asked to give (and paid to do). It is good to be busy--also good to be able to nap in the midd...
2019-10-27 11:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I found this ancient piece of art (1993 qualifies, I think) that... I think I never finished? The back panel was supposed to be fully stippled. But I'm glad I didn't complete it because I kind of like that open space. The frame is supposed to represent the stages of life and it feels appropriate to leave some of it empty and ...
2019-10-23 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In the 'discovered because forgotten and unexpected' department, I found this tiny oil painting (!) in my closet.
Boy, I miss working in oils. *wist*
2019-10-18 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
