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Getting wrangled
Back to writing, in collaboration with my Brisbane friend Sian and the assistance of author wrangler Rachel & author wrangler assistant Cuinn Cattledog. And, oh yeah, I’m blogging again too, did you notice? Continue reading
Growing up Green
This was my halfway prize from my municipal liaisons for passing 25K words for NaNoWriMo last night.
Posted in Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Mars Government, NaNoWriMo 2012
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An Americano in Australia
Posted in Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Australia, coffee, long black, NaNoWriMo 2009, NaNoWriMo 2012
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Reading (& writing) spacy
Writing science fiction (as opposed to science fantasy) requires research & reading. Here’s some of the spacy stuff I read, so that I can write spacy too.
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged NaNoWriMo 2012, research for writing, writing
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Hallowe’en: The night my writing is raised from the dead
In which I celebrate the imminent start of NaNoWriMo 2012 — & the resurrection of my writing life.
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Cold (story), Hallowe'en, NaNoWriMo 2012, NaNoWriMoe'en, Power Lemonade (tm), Pushaway (story), skankthrax, writing
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Space travel can mess up your digestion
In which I channel my character Esti Gusev — or at least I channeled something. I.e., sometimes the hazards of space travel can come right down to Earth. (A la Neil F. Comin’s book The Hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist’s Guide).
Becoming a Goodreads author
Yesterday after I posted about publication of my story “Pushaway” to my Facebook wall, my friend Cyd told me that I have an author profile on Goodreads. And what is Goodreads? It’s “the largest site for readers and book recommendations … Continue reading
“Pushaway” published in the anthology Subversion
My story “Pushaway,” which tells the story of how my character Esti Gusev grew up in a toxic religious community on Mars, has now been published in the anthology Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm, edited by Bart Leib.
Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You
Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You by Melissa S. Green | crossposted at Bent Alaska does anyone beat your heart for you — oh yes I know there are some who will quicken it or slow it at their … Continue reading
I won’t abandon my integrity, even if you abandon me
I feel like talking about the Book of Job again, because (1) I’ll be giving a talk that starts out with my Job poem “Sermon” next month & (2) I’m reading a lot of old emails about a particularly Job-relevant period of my life.