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Category: writing

  • Science-fiction Fantasy Saturday, Nov. 2nd: a bit from The Jade Star of Athering

    Whoa hey I’m back. It’s been a while! I have technically finished the first draft of Jade Star, but as revisions with this book means “add a few thousand words”, it’s still a WiP. Spoilers for Bellica ahead.

  • vlog: Katje does Granville Island

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG-9fsaE4HA&w=560&h=315] Not in that way, ya pervs. Planned vlog for next week: I read Fifty Shades of Grey and play the drinking game! Possibly with my bra on my head.

  • The Epic Battle between my Delusions of Grandeur and my Crippling Self-Doubt, part two million and sixty-five

    If you’re anything like me you know exactly what this is like. Half your brain goes “You could totally model for Addition Elle/write for xoJane/dance burlesque and dominate the scene because you are a queen/maybe do something adult with your life like trying to fix your massive piles of debt!” and the other half goes…

  • I have the best fans

    I spent Saturday at Vancouver Pagan Pride Day. No booth; I was just there as an attendee. I did bring 40 cards with codes on them for free downloads of Bellica. I figured I’d talk it up a bit and hand out the cards, maybe, sort of? I’m terrible at talking myself or my books…

  • Blood, Gravy, and my Cill shift

    It’s been an interesting week. By interesting I usually mean in the curse sense of the word, May you live in interesting times, etc etc etc life has been kind of sucky. But whatever. If you’re going to say anything about me or my mom, you have to admit we bounce back. Things break and…

  • Post-Partum Depression and Names

    I finished The Jade Star of Athering on the 6th. And immediately went through post-partum depression. First time it’s happened after finishing a book. Third time’s the charm? I’m not really sure. I do know I’m still heavily invested in some of the characters in The Jade Star, and I have enough material on them…

  • Mercury, You Are Drunk. Give Me Your Keys.

    Mercury does this thing about three times a year. Well, actually, it doesn’t really do anything; it just looks like it’s doing something. From Earth it looks like Mercury is moving backwards. They call it retrograde. And dammit if it doesn’t just fuck everything up. I  mean, yeah, sure, it’s just a planet and it’s…

  • SFFSat, Feb 16th: Introductions can be awkward

    And we’re back! I’m giving you more snippets from The Jade Star of Athering now, as I’m working on it again. (I may even finish it soon!) Last time, you’ll remember, we had Bellica Agate completely failing at diplomacy in her meeting with the Ixile’an queen who has taken over an Atherian town with her…

  • What will you cross off your bucket list this year?

    Everyone should have a bucket list, I think — that list of essential things one must do in one’s lifetime. It can be specific — related to one area of your life, like writing — or it can be about everything. And I think it should be never ending. Hopefully life is interesting enough that…

  • SFFSat January 26th: Thalaea learns about Saeas, Witch Goddess

    Good morning! (Or evening, if you’re in my time zone.) Last week and the week before our ex-goddess character found her new True Name — Thalaea — and discovered she was falling for a mortal. This week, we see a conversation between Thalaea and Enendoa, the “wise woman” (ie, witch). Enendoa is teaching Thalaea about…