This was originally posted on my personal blog, but after getting a lot of positive comments from people saying they felt it was an important part of the conversation, I decided to repost it here as well. Although I’ve been off Twitter for over a year at this point, a few days ago an author friend of mine sent me a Twitter thread to look at. It was a reaction…
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Cover reveal for Sing, Goddess!
I’ve got a story in a new anthology coming out this summer, centered around Greek Myth retellings. The book is called Sing, Goddess! (the first line of The Iliad) and is edited by Jane Watson. Today we are revealing the cover, which was designed by Najla Qamber Designs. Check it out below and learn more about the anthology and about my story! Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You’ve heard their names.…
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#BOWS2021: Fandom inspiration for The Iamos Trilogy
Welcome to the first-ever Book Owl Word Search, also known as BOWS! The Book Owl Word Search is a fun interactive game that lets you learn about new books and authors and enter to win a great prize. How does it work? Search through this blog post for my special Secret Word, then continue the hunt through my teammates’ posts until you’ve collected all 12 secret words. Enter them all…
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Cover reveal: Alien Princess Sorority Girl
If you participated in last week’s YA Scavenger Hunt, you’ll have seen this there first. But if not, I wanted to make sure everybody saw this! You may have noticed a few new pages on the site last week… for example, Cheerleaders from Planet X is now on a series page instead of a stand-alone page. Because that’s right: the sequel is finally happening! Check out the cover and blurb…
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YA Scavenger Hunt, Featuring Kate McLaughlin
Note: The YA Scavenger Hunt is now over! Thanks to everyone who played and congrats to the winners! I’ll be leaving this post up for posterity, but note that the game is over as of October 4. Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt for Fall 2020! I’m so excited to be participating again, and to be a part of Team Red! For those of you who might not be familiar…
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Fall news!
I’ve got some exciting stuff going on this week, so I wanted to give you all a heads up. First: Overmorrow Releases This Thursday You may have seen this on social media, but if not: I am in a new anthology that is releasing this Thursday, October 1! As mentioned previously, this is the hopepunk sci-fi anthology edited by my friends Jon Garett and Richard Walsh. My short story, “Being…
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Summer Status Update
It’s been a while since I’ve updated here, hasn’t it? How have all of you been holding up? 2020 has been… quite a year. I think today’s Wizard of Id strip summarizes it quite well: (Also, speaking of comics, alert: Cathy is back. This is not a drill, Cathy is back. Or, as she put it, b-aack!) Anyway. I have alluded to this to a certain degree over on Dreamwidth,…
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Check out the newest I Heart Lesfic Megasale!
I Heart Lesfic is holding one of its seasonal megasales this week, with the theme “Love is in the Air,” for Valentine’s Day! Dozens of books with a f/f romance (any genre, but the requirement was that it have a romantic subplot, so keep that in mind!) are on sale this week, including Cheerleaders from Planet X! I am especially excited for some of the newer sci-fi and fantasy romances available,…