December, 2018

Trailer for Your Viewing Pleasure

Girl in Reverse

I’m very happy to say, this is a book trailer for a YA novel done by an author in one of my writing groups, Barbara Stuber.

The book is about a young Korean girl adopted into 1950’s Kansas City society.  Since Barbara is a docent at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, where much of the story takes place, she was able to put a lot of detail into the book, which asks an intriguing and heart-breaking question:

How do you fit into society when you have the face of the enemy?

Please check the trailer and the book out.

It’s intense, but worth it!

Published!

Well, once again, I have to apologize for letting this site slip so much. I will try to get back on the ball.

I’m excited enough right now, I’ve finally remembered my own website to tell you, I published a short story (Cold Heart) in Nature Magazine: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07680-8

I was also published a year or two ago in an Asian Steampunk game, but sadly, I couldn’t access my own work. It was a technical thing. But I had an AWESOME time writing it and if you come across zombies in Hong Kong in a steampunk setting, that’s mine. 😀

That said, I’m excited by this story’s success. I’ve consumed Shawn Coyne’s Storygrid over the last few years and I think it’s paying off. I can tell a difference. The publishers agreed, too.

I posted this on Facebook days before receiving my acceptance: “I was such a failure, I decided to quit writing. That made me depressed, so I grabbed a chapter to edit and that cheered me up.” Obviously, I’m a failure at quitting, too.

That’s a good thing.

Two days later, I posted this quote from Stephen King on Facebook: “If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn’t bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”

Two HOURS later, I found my acceptance in my inbox. It’s enough to cover the electric bill, folks and I feel like I’m on my way.