Media Page is Up!
Hi! Many of you showed interest in my adding a media page here, with links to my public appearances, interviews, and etc. So after a bit of research and deciding exactly how I wanted to go about it,...
View ArticleI’m Gonna be on the Radio! (Take Two… er… Three!)
Some of you may remember way back when I was a guest on Miraj’s Metaphysical Madness, talking about my middle grade kids’ fantasy series “The Elementals”, and its first book, Song of Spirit (which is...
View ArticleThe Self-Publishing Myth
Okay, I’m going to be perfectly honest here: There is one myth going around about self-publishing vs. trade-publishing that I am tired of reading. Seriously tired of it. So today I am going to give it...
View ArticleJessi’s Five Simpl(ified) Steps to Signing with a Big-Name Publishing House
I’m at the end of my eight-week wait to hear back from the uber-awesome-this-could-change-my-life agency about Dr. Fixit’s Malicious Machine. Monday will mark the first day I can nudge them according...
View ArticleRevisions Revisited
For the longest time, I have been struggling with the end of Dr. Fixit’s Malicious Machine. It’s been eating at me, and kept me from working on the sequel like I should have. A recent review concurred...
View ArticleI Get Knocked Down
… and… you know the rest. So, my uber-awesome agency rejected “Guts and Glory” in the end. I’m not entirely surprised. I mean, I was amazed that they asked for a full in the first place, all things...
View ArticleInnocence Lost
So the internet is all up in arms over Penguin’s new design for Roald Dahl’s classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In case you haven’t seen it, here is the cover: Penguin maintains that the cover...
View ArticleMy Top Five Surprises about Signing with a Publisher
Trade publication. It’s the Holy Grail of career advancement for many writers. I’ve personally dreamed of it for as long as I can remember. While most little girls around me where playing out their...
View ArticleTrying Something New
I’ve been looking inside a lot of boxes lately, trying to find the path I need to be on for my family and my future. The boxes haven’t held any answers. Tonight, I decided to build my own box. You can...
View ArticleThe 2015 International Science Fiction Convention, Update Numero Uno
You know what Worldcon is, right? That obscure science fiction con where the Hugo Awards are presented? You know, the Academy Award for Science fiction that writers like Brandon Sanderson, Robert...
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