September News:

I recorded Genevieve Valentine's story Bespoke, and it's live on Podcastle. A lovely story that was a fun elocutionary exercise for me - usually I can record pretty well on the first take, but I kept stumbling over couture terms like 'Byzantine dalmatic' and having to hit stop and re-record.

There's an I heart Escape Artists drive on for all of September (go here for details) and if you leave a comment on the forums you can request a bunch of perfectly FREE stories, from people like Sam Henderson, MK Hobson, and me. Go, comment!

Festivals are over! I just finished up a promised play for a Portland friend! And next I'm going full-tilt on a SHINY NEW novel.....

CW '06 news: Ian McHugh sold stories to Aberrant Dreams, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Year's Best Australian SF & F 5. Also classmates are at WorldCon in the Land Down Under and I am Jealous.

August News:

Still busy doing festivals. I did take a little time to record stories by Tim Pratt and Genevieve Valentine for Pseudopod and Podcastle, respectively. Tim Pratt's story Gulls just went live and watch for Genevieve Valentine's story in the next month or so. (The podcasts I've done so far are listed at the bottom of this link, if you're in need of more entertainment....)

CW '06 news: Ian McHugh and Gord Sellar scored several Honorable Mentions apiece, David A. Simons sold a story to IGMS, which should be out now, and a reprint to ESLI, and Shawn Scarber sold a story to M-Brane SF, which also should be out now!

July News:

Recalculating, my disturbing GPS story, is now out in Brain Harvest.

The Goats Are Going Places, my snarky YA story that first appeared in Shiny, is now live at Podcastle.

In other news, it's summer, so I'm super busy doing festivals.

CW '06 news: Ian McHugh sold a a story to Andromeda Spaceways and a reprint to Podcastle, and Ben Burgis sold a reprint to People of the Book.

June News:

I sold "Recalculating" to Brain Harvest! This delightfully strange flash piece will be out on June 20.

My flash story Zebedee the Giant Man is now out at On Spec in the Spring 2010 issue! "Zebedee was eighteen feet tall, rough in thick olive tortua hide, with massive calloused hands the size of wagon wheels."

CW '06 news: Maura McHugh sold a reprint to Prime's Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010, and Ian McHugh sold a story to Asimov's! Well done, both of you.

May News:

I have SOLD the last of my stories written at Clarion West! I spent 3 years fiddling with this story ("As We Report to Gabriel"), and now that has paid off as I cracked Fantasy Magazine with it! It's one of my absolute favorites, and I'm super thrilled.

Camille Alexa and I will be speaking at the Hugo House Writing Conference on 5/22, on "Online Markets". And I will also be on a panel about making friends with your local bookstore.

CW '06 news: Ian McHugh sold new stories to Tales of Moreauvia and Cosmos, and reprints to Australis Imaginarium and Esli. (Well done!)

April News:

I am planning to be at Norwescon for the first time, so come find me! I'll mostly be hanging out drinking microbrews & milkshakes. Not both at once.

My flash story Zebedee the Giant Man is scheduled at On Spec for the Spring 2010 issue! It should be out in print and e-versions early this month.

CW '06 news: Gord Sellar has a story out in the Shine anthology, Jim Trombetta has a story out in Postscripts, and Ben Burgis has a story in Podcastle.

March News:

A bunch of Escape Artists news. One: I sold reprint rights of my snarky YA story, "The Goats are Going Places" to Podcastle! Two: I just finished recording a wonderful Samantha Henderson story for Podcastle and it's now live: The Mermaid's Tea Party. Three: Listeners voted On the Eyeball Floor as one of the top 5 2009 Escape Pod podcasts. Thanks, listeners! :)

Stomping on Yeti named me one of 25 Authors to Watch in 2010 and Beyond, and discussed some of my work in the first Spotlight.

As you know if you watched the Olympics, the Pacific Northwest had a very early spring. Pictures from the yard.

CW '06 news: Tinatsu Wallace sold to the Triangulation SF anthology, and Gord Sellar to Clarkesworld for the March issue!

February News:

You can now hear my story Turning the Apples on Pseudopod. The reading by Cayenne Chris Conroy is excellent - I'm thoroughly impressed by his ability to do so many different voices.

CW '06 news: Ian McHugh jointly won an Aurealis award for best fantasy story, Gord Sellar sold to The Immersion Book of SF, and Maura McHugh has a story out in Pseudopod.

January News:

Now available! My story The Bitrunners is out in the anthology Unplugged: Web's Best SF 2008. It also picked up Honorable Mentions in Rich Horton's "Year's Best SF & F 2009" and Gardner Dozois' "Year's Best SF 2008", AND it received a STARRED review from Publishers Weekly that includes this quote:

"A short but superlative substantiation of the quality of speculative fiction being published on the Internet, this exceptional anthology of the best science fiction and fantasy put online in 2008 includes gems by genre luminaries as well as rising stars like Tina Connolly and Beth Bernobich."

(squee)

Come see one of my stories live and in person! My story "Moon at the Starry Diner" (Heliotrope, 2006) will be performed during Fertile Ground, the Portland Fringe Festival. It'll be a ten-minute play as part of Pulp Diction, on Sunday January 24th at 7:30, at the Brody Theatre.

And I was interviewed for a local paper near the St. Helens Book Shop! Erica Ryberg wrote a lovely article about writers, the internet, and indie bookstores, and it features me. How cool is that?

CW '06 news: T. F. Davenport sold a reprint to Starship Sofa, Maura McHugh sold one to Pseudopod, and Ben Burgis sold a twitter fic to Thaumatrope.