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.

lone wil and cub

May 6, 2023
Another Year, Another Story
This year’s story started out with a pitch about how I wanted to write about the Sankebetsu Bear Incident — except, y’know, in Valdemar — and because my editors are those flavors of madlad they said yes. I mostly stuck to the proposal this time. Where I messed up was in the voice I initially… Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar
July 9, 2019
👀 👀 👀 LW&C#6 is (More or Less) Official
Lone Wil and Cub #6 will be in SEASONS, coming this fall. It’s titled “The Maralud Comes A-Knocking”, and features Ivy and Grier as the main characters. Continue reading
Short Stories
6, lone wil and cub, long haired healer dude, wil
February 19, 2019
Breaking Ground and Character Description Philosophy
Aaaaand we’re 400 words into LW&C #6. Aaaaaaaaaand my new sleep med is now kicking in so I need to stop before I go completely whackadoodle. …seems like a great time to write a blog post and publish it on the Internet! Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar
February 5, 2019
Under Pressure
The good news is my proposal for the next anthology has been accepted. The bad news is, we’re selling our house and moving closer to my workplace and everything is chaos on the homefront with multiple disruptions and no flow time. This isn’t abnormal. I’ve worked under this kind of pressure before, but it also… Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub
November 28, 2018
Release Day for “Acceptable Losses”
Go forth and enjoy “Acceptable Losses”, the next installment in Wil and Ivy’s story, as well as many other fine stories by many other fine writers! Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar, vehs is sassy yo, wil
January 15, 2018
trust the process
I’ve done this enough now that when the invite shows up and my initial panic of I DON’T HAVE AN IDEA sets in, I know to just give it a moment. Take a step back. Let the feeling happen. Okay, good. Have you had your moment? Are you done panicking? Feel better now? Let’s…. play… Continue reading
First Pass Writing, Ritur Babbl, Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar
August 9, 2017
Bootknife is sold
Should be out in December. Prepare to meet the old man’s old man. Also, here’s to never again outlining, writing, editing, and revising a story while nursing an infant, holding down a fulltime job, and paying attention to the other members of the fam. This is hopefully the first and last time I have to… Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar, vehs is sassy yo
May 5, 2017
Bootknife and a Small Quarrel
I didn’t write about “A Small Quarrel” at all last year. Sorry about that. Pregnancy and writing and childrearing and job wrangling severely sap my blogging time. That story’s been out a few months, and I just wrote the follow-up, “Bootknife”. It’s in the hands of the editor now. I try hard to not spin wheels… Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar, wil
July 28, 2015
the contract is signed, munin returns
“The Highjorune Masque” is officially part of the next Valdemar anthology lineup, thank the Maker, pass the rum. I wrote 1,000 words today to/from work, mainly by writing a section I wasn’t sure I was going to write, and also by dragging in an old new character who is fun and mysterious and (okay) sexy:… Continue reading
First Pass Writing, Projects
even the stars are ill at ease, i have no idea what I’m doing, lone wil and cub, so many lives are on the breeze, survivors club, wil and lelia
May 4, 2015
Wil #2
The next in the series of what I’m thinking of as “Lone Wil and Cub” has been written, it’s had the fine-toothed comma comb (comba?) run over it by my husband (notorious grammar hunter and devastator of passive voice) , and is now off to the editor. I realize at this point I should just assume… Continue reading
Short Stories
lone wil and cub, valdemar, vehs is sassy yo, wil, work-writing balance

Stephanie Shaver

About Me

Recent Posts

lone wil and cub

Another Year, Another Story

👀 👀 👀 LW&C#6 is (More or Less) Official

Breaking Ground and Character Description Philosophy

Under Pressure

Release Day for “Acceptable Losses”

trust the process

Bootknife is sold

Bootknife and a Small Quarrel

the contract is signed, munin returns

Wil #2