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Strong Women Strange Worlds
I will be a guest over on the Strong Women – Strange Worlds show on Thursday, 9/19 @ 7 PM EDT along with fellow authors J. L. Delavega, Marisa Wolf, Catherine LaCroix, K. A. Hough, & Marcie Rendon. Come join Read More…
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Hate is a Choice
Truth is… I have ZERO tolerance for using slurs in nonfiction in order to demonstrate something occurred in the past. As someone who has written a memoir, I’m aware that some words and actions that may have been acceptable Read More…
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Interdimensions
I’m not sure how but in all the chaos that was the release of Voices Carry, I managed to miss posting on here about a short story publication! My short story, “Eye of the Beholder,” which I co-wrote with author Read More…
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The Mythos of the Tooth Fairy
Today’s National Tooth Fairy Day. The mythos of the tooth fairy dates back to the 1920’s. A group of healthcare folks wanted to encourage kids to better oral hygiene and used various advertisements and health classes to do so. Part Read More…
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Potatoes!
Today is National Potato Day, a day I know my friend and fellow author Jesikah Sundin enjoys. Oddly enough, potatoes are featured frequently in SF/F tales. They outlast apocalypses and feed hungry hobbits. As a child, I developed an allergy Read More…
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Story Hour!
Along with Michael Conley, I was a guest on Story Hour last night, where I read a short story from my Dragon Springs & Other Things short story collection. I read the story with the same name as the collection, which features a young tinkerer Read More…
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Rosemary GF Cookies!
If you missed my Voices Carry Book Launch Party, which you can watch here, I mentioned a yummy Rosemary GF cookie recipe. Now I know what you’re thinking… rosemary? Gluten free? In the same sentence as yummy? But yes!! This Read More…
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How Music Made Me
Today, I’m a guest over on John Scalzi’s site as I discuss the Big Idea in my new book, Voices Carry, and how music both made this book and me. If you know anything about me, you know that I’ve Read More…
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The Corner of Story and Game
I’ve been on a lot of podcasts. It goes with the territory of being a creative and gamer. But recently, I had the great honor of being a guest on The Corner of Story and Game, a great podcast about how games Read More…
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Seattle Gay News
Recently, I had the privilege to sit down with Lindsey Anderson of Seattle Gay News to talk about queerness, identity, education, and my new book, Voices Carry. The article’s title makes a great blurb, as it states: Voices Carry is a love Read More…
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