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Stuff and Things

 Hi all, Today I finished a draft of a brand-new writing project. I started it on December 14, which means that I wrote it faster than I...

Winterkeep-ish Stuff for Release Week!

Winterkeep is now out in the world, and can be purchased at your favorite book retailer. I am happy for you to buy the book wherever you pre...

Pictures to Distract You: A Snowy Day, and Tools of the Trade

Hi, all. Waiting is hard. So here are some pretty pics to distract you.  Friday was the day I'd scheduled to take some time off, go for ...

Just Checking In

Well, hi there, everyone. It's hard to know where to begin, isn't it? I'm just going to dive in, because I want to reach out, sh...

Novel-Writing in the Arctic

My title is disingenuous, because I didn't do any novel-writing in the Arctic. However, I thought and plotted and observed and learned w...

On Writing Through Hard Times

It's birthday week on the blog :o). This week I turn 42 (!!), and in case you're wondering, yes, I'm still writing my books out ...

Concerns Flagged

While digging through our storage room this morning in search of something else, I found some early manuscripts of Bitterblue . Then took a ...

Here's the Paperback Cover for Jane, Unlimited!

In some other universe somewhere, some other version of me blogs all the time. She blogs about the writing she's doing every day, how ho...

On Writing Jane, Unlimited: Please Don't Choose Your Own Adventure

Before I start, a couple of important things: There's a documentary airing on Monday on PBS called Unrest , about MECFS (Myalgic Encep...

On Writing Jane, Unlimited: Webs Versus Lines

Now that I'm home from my tour, the mad rush is behind me, which means that now and then, I have little pockets of time for blogging. Wh...

What I've Been Up To Lately

I know I have a book coming out on September 19 (which you can pre-order at Powell's ,  Amazon , B&N , or your local independent boo...

Kevin Hikes Off and I Write

At my beautiful writing cabin in Talkeetna, Alaska, overlooking the mountains of Denali National Park, I took pictures.... It's raining ...