Serendib Writing

I’ve received one of these before, several years ago. With the economic crisis in 2009, they had to cut back on grants for a while; it was good to see them start awarding them again the last few years. I’m including a copy of my artist statement and work plan below, in case it’s helpful […]

Made some big changes to the Jump Space book this past weekend — not big in terms of word count, but in concept. (Note that there are some spoilers in the graphics, if you look closely (such as who married whom, who fostered whose kid, etc.), so if you haven’t read the stories, proceed at

I appear to have given two women in The Stars Change the same name, “Uma.” That’s fine — of course lots of people have the same name. But it’s confusing in a book, especially when they’re both the mothers of your main characters (a lesbian couple, Amara and Narita). And, of course, the protagonists address

One of the really fun bits of writing an interstitial is finally tying together different stories. In this new scene (just drafted, very raw), I got to bring in Professor M’kla, from my unpublished novel, _Liminal Space_, and Realtá, from “Paper Star.” It is SO SATISFYING. I really do need to get a big piece

Woot! My story, “Among the Marithei,” part of my Jump Space universe, is now out at Asimov’s. Thanks to Alex Gurevich for Russian cultural help — any remaining errors are my own! I’m not sure if my Acorns writing group critiqued this story, but to them, and all others who gave me feedback, thank you

Yesterday I re-read two stories, wrote one scene, and revised another. That doesn’t sound like very much, but when you consider that I had basically not written for two months beforehand, you can see why I’d consider it a win. I’m working on the Jump Space book, and specifically, “Thin Air,” the interstitial story that’s

A little snippet of writing from today. New start to a story that never quite worked before, but I am hopeful that my brilliant new approach (it’s going to be an interstitial, tying together several other stories) will snap it into focus. Fingers crossed. It’s still pretty rough and first draft-y, but I think it’s

I stopped at home to do a few chores and shower and change before going back to the writing mines, and Kavi said my outfit was cute and she particularly liked my earrings, so here you go. Weird being out in the world again, wearing earrings and such. (Don’t worry, I put my mask on