a spider’s a cipher

The descent towards Samhain and the new year is one of my favorite times of year; the weather cools off, the rain returns, Trader Joe's has everything pumpkin, and things get quiet on the personal front. I've recovered from the...

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furled

"Furled" is one of my favorite words.  I love how it feels in my mouth, all of the connotations of wings and petals pressed tightly against each other, waiting. Right now, it's spring, and everything is beginning to unfurl. For me,...

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making room

I am making room. It's sort of a strange process, this making room stuff. I am not exactly making anything, truly; I am emptying space. I'm calling it spring cleaning, even though it's still winter. (Granted, in my valley between two...

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the quiet season

The quiet winter months haven't been quite so quiet, this year. I'm still working away on 7Red, the space opera caper novel, but between work, being sick for a few weeks, Potlatch (which was tremendous amounts of fun), a friend...

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Congratulations are in order!

My good friend and Clarion West classmate Randy Henderson won the 2014 Writers of the Future!  I am super, super excited for him!

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