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.
Ritur Babbl
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
Outlining “Raising Hell”
Other working titles: “The General’s Midwife”, which is more likely to be a finished title than not. Continue reading
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
my hands are back
“Oh hey Steph did cooking today,” you might say. “Been a while since I’ve seen that.” Yes it has. Reason for that. Back in October, things started hurting. More than the usual hurting. Then by November, things started tingling. And by December, it progressed to a mixture of tingling, burning, numbing, and constant throbbing. So… Continue reading
Another Year….
…another Valdemar anthology. This story will continue the Adventures of Wil. That’s all I’m saying about it right now. Mostly, though, I’m trying to find something longform I want to write. I’ve been somewhat in a slump, and it’s possible that has everything to do with getting-married-buying-two-houses-having-a-baby but it seems unfair to blame life, like… Continue reading
NaNoWriMo 2012
Done! Sorta. Comments and thoughts here. Continue reading
the lost art of long-form blogging
I miss it. Facebook and Twitter make it easy to be off-handed and clever (or what passes for such around here), but I admit to missing my longer blog posts, where I tried to be off-handed and clever in more than 140 characters. I’m also pondering a new domain name. I know. I already have,… Continue reading
Courting the Muse Lizard Brain
I got married in September. To the surprise of no one, I wrote my own ceremony and vows, a rare collaboration with my (now) husband and our officiant. Wedding planning took a lot out of me. I basically didn’t write for months, or wrote sporadically, and what I wrote didn’t sing to me. I played… Continue reading