Hello, friends. I've got my head down this week, working on revisions to my forthcoming short story, "The Legendary Garrett Girls". It'll be part of a Candlewick Press anthology called Petticoats and Pistols, edited by Jessica Spotswood. I can't tell you how much fun it's been! I loved the research, as always. I used this short story as a chance to experiment with a first-person narrator, which I … [Read more...]
The Legendary Garrett Girls
Hello, friends! Last week, I sent off the first clean draft of my short story, "The Legendary Garrett Girls". It's going to be one of fifteen stories in an anthology called Petticoats and Pistols, edited by Jessica Spotswood and published by Candlewick Press. This is only a first draft, and there are several rounds of editing to come. Still, I'm thrilled to have a full, clean draft … [Read more...]
5 Things About My Work-in-Progress
Hello, friends. The other day on Facebook, my friend Stephanie Burgis posted her answers to a meme, "Five Things About Your Work-in-Progress". I was delighted! I read it, thinking, "Oh, it's so great to hear more about what she's up to!" Then I realized that I, um, NEVER talk about my work-in-progress. One reason is because I'm constitutionally secretive and vaguely superstitious about unpolished … [Read more...]