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.

valdemar

June 7, 2023
Thoughts on “Good Intentions”
The next Valdemar anthology is Anything With Nothing, and “Good Intentions” will be in it. Pretty confident I can say that, even if I haven’t signed the contract, since I just accepted all the edits and sent them my bio. It’s a Khaari story, for those of you wanting a Khaari story. For those of… Continue reading
Short Stories
khaari, valdemar
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
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
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
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
July 16, 2014
signed, sealed, delivered
Whoo. Story is sold, the editor gods are pleased. I’m probably going to use the money to get air conditioning for my family. So, y’know, that’s what my Valdemar moneys gets me and mine. Continue reading
Short Stories
thanks wil, valdemar, vehs is sassy yo
June 2, 2014
the more you know, the less you eventually find out
The story is sent. I’ll update with more details if it gets approved. Until then, I rather like my superstitions, which say to not talk too much about something until you’ve got a contract in hand. Continue reading
Short Stories
or just wil, valdemar, vehs is sassy yo, wil and lelia

Stephanie Shaver

About Me

Recent Posts

valdemar

Thoughts on “Good Intentions”

Another Year, Another Story

Breaking Ground and Character Description Philosophy

Release Day for “Acceptable Losses”

trust the process

Bootknife is sold

Bootknife and a Small Quarrel

Wil #2

signed, sealed, delivered

the more you know, the less you eventually find out