Essays

Essays and Articles

• Social Media Strategy for Writers, SFWA Blog, December, 2022.
• Curating Your Reading, Litstack, October, 2022.
• Stop Multitasking, SFWA Blog, September, 2022.
• Creating Your Own Mythology, LitStack, August, 2022.
• Shooting at a Rolling Hoop: Writing Near Future Fiction, SFWA Blog, November, 2020.
• How to Ask For Things, SFWA Blog, May, 2020.
• On Being a Mentor, SFWA Blog, April, 2020.
• Effective Goal Setting for Writers, SFWA Blog, April, 2020.
• Another Word: Stories That Change the World, Clarkesworld Magazine, February, 2019.
• Another Word: The Future, Ordinary, Clarkesworld Magazine, June, 2018.
• Another Word: Saving Throw Versus Boredom: How RPGs Taught Me Storytelling, Clarkesworld Magazine, March, 2018.
• Another Word: Reading for Pleasure, Clarkesworld Magazine, March, 2017.
• The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening for 2010, part 9, for Ambling Along the Aqueduct.
• Look at This Fucking Writer.
• On Writing Process, for Ecstatic Days.
• Heroes, for Ecstatic Days.
• On Writing Groups, for Ecstatic Days.
• The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2007, Part 1, with Nicola Griffith for Ambling Along the Aqueduct.
• CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE, August, 2016. Hate Speech, Peacetalk.
• CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE, December, 2015. On Reading, Writing, and the Classics.
• LOCUS ONLINE, April 3, 2015. Not a Straitjacket.
• JIM C. HINES blog, March 27, 2015. On Being an "Older" Female Writer.
• CLARKESWORLD, January, 2015. #PurpleSF.
• FANTASY MAGAZINE, October, 2014. Editorial.
• WRITING HEROIC FANTASY, Rogue Blades Entertainment, 2013. Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight: Watching From the Sidelines.
• SFWA BLOG, February 13, 2013. Five Tips to Improve Your Amazon Author Central Page.
• SFWA BLOG, December 10, 2012. Book Promotion Giveaways: What Works?.
• SFWA BLOG, September 5, 2012. Advice on Writing Mentors.
• SFWA BLOG, July 24, 2012. Writing and Courage.
• SFWA BLOG, May 22, 2012. How Writers Can Use Pinterest.
• SFWA BLOG, April 16, 2012. Interview with Stina Leicht.
• DARK CONTINENTS, March, 2012. Small Presses Are the Risk-Takers.
• SFWA BLOG, March 15, 2012. Interview with Jason Heller.
• SFWA BLOG, March 7, 2012. Interview with Myke Cole.
• SFWA BLOG, February 3, 2012. Review: The Late American Novel
• SFWA BLOG, September, 2011. An Interview With Norman Spinrad, Anarchist
• SFWA BLOG, August, 2011. The Weird World of the VanderMeers, Part I
• SFWA BLOG, August, 2011. The Weird World of the VanderMeers, Part II
• SFWA BLOG, August, 2011. The Weird World of the VanderMeers, Part III
• 2011, 53 articles for travel site, Hello Seattle.
• SFWA BLOG, April, 2011. Interview with Kay Kenyon
• RISE REVIEWS, Feb 6, 2011. Destination: Future
• PATCH.COM, February, 2011. Redmond's Landscape: How Much Is Microsoft?
• SEATTLE WOMAN MAGAZINE, February, 2011. Speculative in Seattle
• RISE REVIEWS, January 1, 2011. Steam Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories
• The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening for 2010, part 9, for Ambling Along the Aqueduct.
• HUFFINGTON POST, October 7, 2010. Washington State Female Leaders Honor the Women Who Inspired Them
  SFWA BLOG, September, 2010. Interview with Brenda Cooper
  HUFFINGTON POST, September 28, 2010. Washington State Democrats Push the Negative "“ Somewhat Ineffectually.
• SFWA BULLETIN, December, 2009. The Networks Around Us
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, October 15, 2009. Found Among Time's Detritus: Sybil's Garage No. 6
  FANTASY MAGAZINE. September 22, 2009. James Maxey's Dragonseed
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, September 10, 2009. Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, June 17, 2009. Top Ten Differences Between True Blood And Twilight
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, May 28, 2009. More Than A Wizard: L. Frank Baum
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, April 3, 2009. Edward Plunkett and the Dragon of Romance
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, October 2, 2008. Why the Twilight Series Bugs Me
  FANTASY MAGAZINE, March, 2008. Thoughts on Think
  SETTLERS OF THE NEW VIRTUAL WORLDS, 2008. From God to Customer Service.
  THE ESCAPIST, January 28, 2008. Hey Kids, Let's Make a Movie: Machinima
• Look at This Fucking Writer.
• On Writing Process, for Ecstatic Days.
• Heroes, for Ecstatic Days.
• On Writing Groups, for Ecstatic Days.
• The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2007, Part 1, with Nicola Griffith for Ambling Along the Aqueduct.
• TALKING BACK, Aqueduct Press, 2006. A Letter to W. S. Burroughs.
  SEATTLE GAY NEWS, January 7, 2006. Eastside Legislator to be challenged by a fair-minded candidate
  THE ESCAPIST, May 30, 2006. Sponsored by Microsoft and Apple
  THE ESCAPIST, May 5, 2006. As Sands Through the Hourglass: The Evolution of Armageddon's Policy on Roleplayed Cybersex
• SEATTLE GAY NEWS, December 30, 2005. Religious leaders urge for passage of antidiscrimination bill
• MSDN, July 2004, My Walkthroughs(with Joe Binder)
• BOOTSNALL WORLD ADVENTURES, March 2005. Stepping off Into Space: Zip-Trekking
• THE MUD JOURNAL, January, 2003. Documentation: What is it Good For?
• THE MUD JOURNAL, November, 2002. Harry Potter MU*s
• MSDN Online chat, May 28, 2002. Exception Handling in Visual Basic
• MSDN, April 2002. Accessing the Registry with Visual Basic .NET
• MSDN, February, 2002. Introduction to Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
• IMAGINARY REALITIES, June, 2001. Adjusting to Altitude
• IMAGINARY REALITIES, April, 2001. On the Treatment of Coders
• IMAGINARY REALITIES, February, 2001. Zen and the Art of Spiral-Carved Incense Burners
• IMAGINARY REALITIES, March 2000. (with Krrx) Clans in a Roleplaying World
• IMAGINARY REALITIES, January, 2000. I Think, Therefore I Roleplay
• ON OUR MINDS, Fall, 1993: What Do Women's Studies Students Really Want?, "On The Modem" (column)
• LITERARY MAGAZINE REVIEW, Fall, 1991.
• THE MARYLAND POETRY REVIEW, Summer, 1991.
• BELLES LETTRES, September, 1990.
• LITERARY MAGAZINE REVIEW, Fall, 1990.
• THE NOTRE DAME OBSERVER, 1985-86. Articles included reviews, interviews, and news articles.
• THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, 1981 to 1989. Book and movie reviews.