One month after my first professionally published story, "Our Fate, Told in Photons" appeared in Clarkesworld, I'm celebrating another publication, this time in Diabolical Plots. "Along Our Perforated Creases" is out now in Diabolical Plots #77A. Subscribers to the Diabolical Plots newsletter were able to read this story last month, along with Elizabeth Kestrel's fantastic … Continue reading “Along Our Perforated Creases” Is Out Now in Diabolical Plots
Six years ago, I published a chapter from an unfinished fantasy novel in my alma mater's student literary journal. It won the University's Best in Fiction award that year. Today, I made my debut as a professional fiction author. "Our Fate, Told in Photons" is available to read in Clarkesworld no. 177, along with stories … Continue reading “Our Fate, Told in Photons” Is Out Now in Clarkesworld
I've been thinking a lot lately about life before the pandemic, especially the kind of gritty, dive-bar experiences I fear are gone for good.
In the eight years after my Behçet's Disease diagnosis, I'd had plenty of time to rage, cry, and contemplate my situation. What I neglected to realize was how obvious my condition was to other people.
In October 2019, I took the plunge. I made my first short-story submission to a paying market. The rejection came twelve days later. It was a higher tier rejection—the best kind, short of one bearing a personal note from the editor. I felt energized. I was—to steal Mur Lafferty's phrasing—a working writer. Let me back … Continue reading Becoming a Working Writer: The First, Terrible Year in Review