Around the time I completed The Sleepless, I had dinner with a couple of friends at a Greek restaurant in Midtown. I hadn’t seen Daniel and Charles in a long time and I told them, breathless and excited, that I finished a book and was thinking of becoming a full-time writer. . . .
Read MoreThe titular character in Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel Klara and the Sun is an Artificial Friend (AF), a type of android built for the companionship of genetically-enhanced children. Much like Mr. Ishiguro’s previous novel Never Let Me Go, this story’s unspecified place and time are much like our own,
Read MoreThis week saw the end of Loki, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third foray into the not-quite-cinematic world of streaming TV. The six-episode show followed the fan-favorite trickster god and his adventures with the Time Variance Authority (TVA), and adds to the recent canon of alternate reality/multiversal series. . . .
Read MoreWriting is a series of choices; some are big, some small, some are easier to make, some not. Having recently finished a draft, I’m faced with one of the big and difficult ones: what should I write about next? My prior projects mostly began with . . .
Read MoreAfter I finished my first full novel draft, I thought, “Hey, maybe this is something I could take more seriously,” that is, try and get it published, find an audience bigger than my then-boyfriend now-husband. . . .
Read MoreThis past week, I finished drafting my latest work-in-progress, tentatively called Generations. Typing out “The End” was quite the emotional moment for me . . .
Read MoreS.A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland tells the story of Beauregard “Bug” Montage, an auto mechanic who, following some financial setbacks, finds himself returning to the life of crime he thought he’d left behind. As straightforward as that premise might be, this novel is anything but …
Read MoreI’ve written about the Story Engine Deck before and how it’s become my go-to writing prompt generator. Coming soon is its follow-up, the Deck of Worlds, which I had the good fortune to have an early preview of, and I’m excited to show you what I’ve come up with. …
Read MoreN.K. Jemisin’s MasterClass is sixteen short modules on speculative fiction writing, from worldbuilding to characterization, to finding an agent and publishing your work. I’ve done a few MasterClasses in the past, …
Read MoreThe short answer is that I wrote and polished a query letter, sent it out into the world, and got extremely lucky. That’s truly how it goes for most writers, but of course with a lot of heartache and complications every step of the way. …
Read MoreWith the recent successes of the Mars missions and the progress made by SpaceX and other private corporations, a lot of people are thinking about space, and indeed wondering, is anyone else out there?
Read MoreShadow and Bone, Netflix’s new epic fantasy series, comes at the perfect time, as I’ve been on a fantasy spree lately, with a new flash fiction project, my current readthrough of The Masquerade series, and of course, my weekly DnD session with friends. . . .
Read MoreIsabel Yap's Never Have I Ever is a collection of thirteen genre-bending stories of love, friendship, and things that make life worth living. It's got folklore and near-future SF and ghost stories and everything I love, but most of all, it is very Filipino. . . .
Read MoreOne of my favorite places in NYC is the American Museum of Natural History, and I’m so lucky to live within a few subway stops from it. My husband Sean and I went there this past weekend, as we always do on this particular weekend in April . . .
Read MoreGeorge Saunders’ new craft book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, dissects seven stories from Russia’s literary greats, including Chekhov and Tolstoy. I’m such a fan of Saunders and have been looking forward to the release of this book for a long time . . .
Read MoreThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier is Disney’s second MCU offering for the small screen, and like WandaVision before it, the show turns the spotlight onto two lesser-seen Avengers—Bucky Barnes, played by Sebastian Stan (left) and Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie (right). …
Read MoreA few days ago the inaugural Write Team Mentorship Program (WTMP) made its mentee selection announcements. I am a volunteer mentor for the program, and my mentor teammate Christine Daigle and I have selected Daphne Fama, who we’re excited about for several reasons. …
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