And rooting for people who do bad things. CINDERELLA’S CRIMES is coming in just a few weeks and the ARC is in reviewers’ hands right now — which does make me a little nervous! The protagonist is evil. She does bad things. Sure, she figures the people she hurts deserve Read more…
As any author can probably tell you, coming up with titles for your novel is extremely difficult. In my experience, the title either comes to me with minimal effort or cause or never comes to me at all. Pretty Deadly – my book reimagining Cinderella as a psychopath – is Read more…
A new and improved version of PRETTY DEADLY, with a gorgeous new cover, some slight changes to the text, and an exciting sequel coming hot on its heels, CINDERELLA’S CRIMES follows Cinna on her heist-filled path to the throne. Cinna would kill for the throne. For years, Cinna has been Read more…
Pretty Deadly is a book of the pandemic: when it launched in October 2021, all my friendships were virtual and the launch was held on Zoom. I wanted to get my dark and violent fairytale out into the world, but I had no idea how. When I received a publication Read more…
Another arbitrary chunk of time to which we’ve collectively decided to assign meaning has passed! Therefore I’m looking back on the books I’ve read since the last time we bought new calendars and picking some favorites. If you read these three books, I’m sure you’ll notice a pattern—climate change loomed Read more…
This year, my reading goal was 80 books. I decided I would read fewer than 2021 so I would focus more on longer books, rather than optimizing for sheer quantity. I went past my goal by just a little. By 142, to be exact. I know some people read more Read more…
This tweet inspired me to follow up on the piece about AI art and writing that I published yesterday. I couldn’t agree more. In 2011, a venture capitalist wrote that software was eating the world. More than a decade on, I think it’s fair to say that today, the technology Read more…
Lately, there’s been a lot of discourse about the impact of AI art and writing, and I’ll admit that I feel a bit of trepidation about the abilities of recently-unveiled artificial intelligence projects. There are so many possibilities to fear—its ability to replace creative workers, the hollowness of its art, Read more…
I’ve started sharing a new manuscript with beta readers to get early feedback. The main character of this manuscript is autistic — like me! And while I’ve gotten some great suggestions on the manuscript as a whole, I’ve also gotten some feedback that is…not so great. When an autistic person Read more…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met someone — almost always a man — who, upon learning that I am an engineer, responds, “Wow! I thought you must work in marketing or something!” And I get it: I’m a blonde woman who works at a startup, which makes Read more…