About Me
Hello, my name is Steph. I’ve been writing and publishing since 1988 and I’ve been in the games industry since 1996. I wrote a little bit more on the About Me page. This is my sometimes-updated website. Enjoy.
2019
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Don’t ask me how the novel’s going
…but really what I want to call out is the most unhelpful thing I hear along this winding journey to publication-land (or not), that I’ve had lobbed at me by friends and relatives, that drove me to write this whole outpouring. And that is of course the all-too-innocent “how’s the novel going?” question. Continue reading
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Outlining “Raising Hell”
Other working titles: “The General’s Midwife”, which is more likely to be a finished title than not. Continue reading
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Now You Are Six
The other side of the decade. How you got here, I still don’t know. Today you decorated a butterfly mask. Tomorrow is bigger to you than Christmas. You already know what you’re going to wear. I’m pretty sure your ensemble includes that butterfly mask. You don’t yet know the flavor of your cake, though you’ve… Continue reading
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A Farewell to Echo
I don’t write poetry, but I just moved out of a house and I have this In my head so: here. Continue reading
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Giving It Away
About six months ago, my therapist looked at me and said, “You give away your power a lot, don’t you?” Continue reading
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Don’t Get Mad, Get Civil
Zo’s seatbelt got stuck, and that’s when the trouble started. Continue reading
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In the Archives: Dead Wicked
It’s been about twelve years since my attempt to collab on a graphic novel. Continue reading