I’m always juggling a half-dozen story ideas around in my head. Recently, I’ve debated whether to start one written from the point of view of an animal – a bird who survives an apocalypse that kills off all human civilization. I pitched the short story to my kids (if you […]
One of my favorite things about writing fantasy and science fiction is the way the genres allow you to take everyday problems and project them onto extraordinary settings and circumstances. Take the challenges of motherhood, the simple desire to want to keep your children safe. Every day, we hear horror […]
What better way to wrap up 2019 than to review some of the speculative fiction/ sci-fi/ fantasy books I read this year? I’d recommend any of these as a gift. Circe by Madeline Miller Recommended for: Everyone, especially feminists. The writing is this book is gor-ge-ous. Since you’ve probably […]
The most common response I get when people learn I write fiction is, “Cool, what kind?” But when I respond “speculative fiction,” I usually get a blank stare. I’m always surprised at how many people don’t know the term because I think a lot of readers already love speculative fiction […]
I may have mentioned before that I did a teeny-weeny little bit of research for my novel-in-progress, Last of Kin. Set in a remote, New Guinea rainforest, it features two strong female protagonists — an ambitious paleontologist and a living descendent of the otherwise extinct hominid species homo floresiensis. Actually, […]
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