On Writing
Character Through Dialogue – Writing Craft
The other day, I participated in a panel discussion alongside David Wragg, Sebastien de Castell, Marina Lostetter, and Jennifer Dewes (J.S. Dewes) for the SFF Addicts Podcast. We talked about developing character through dialogue. All of the panelists are authors who...
AAPI Book of the Day – A Complete Trilogy from Andrea Stewart
Today I want to talk about The Drowning Empire trilogy by Andrea Stewart. These are chonky books with really lush worldbuilding and I totally enjoyed sinking into these. Bone Shard War released a few weeks ago and there is something so satisfying about reading a...
AAPI Book of the Day – Two from Emma Mieko Candon!
I know I'm a day late, but how could I resist more Star Wars? Emma's take on Star Wars in this richly imagined universe is definitely a fan favorite. I hope you've watched The Duel so you can fully appreciate this novelization in Ronin. (Also, the newest season of...
Booksellers, the Lifeblood of Publishing at CALIBA 2023 Spring Forum
Yesterday I thought I thought I would be all fired up because of seeing EBONY GATE in print, and I was, but turns out what really fired me up yesterday was meeting so many booksellers, meeting other authors, and just being surrounded by people who love books. The...
SFWC is a wrap!
This was my second year speaking at panels for San Francisco Writer's Conference. I love the venue and the high energy level of the attendees is infectious. In 2022, I spoke on the following at SFWC: So You Want to Write Science Fiction (San Francisco Writers...
2022 – Julia’s Year in Review
Reading: In 2022, I read a lot. That’s not a surprise. I have been doing that year after year without prompting or goals. My kindle app says I have been reading on it for 165 weeks in a row, which is over 3 years. This year, it says I read 65 books. That number does...
Seattle Slayers – Meet Your Fighter Dario the Direwolf
Meet Your Fighter - Dario the Direwolf In the perpetual Twilight of Seattle, shifters honor survival of the fittest and Market Freedom. Dario has a major transformation there and becomes the Direwolf Roxy meets during the trials to become a Slayers initiate. For a...
Seattle Slayers: Meet Your Fighter Harald of the Reach
Meet Your Fighter Harald of the Reach. He is the Son of Sten, Prince of the Mountain Fae, Guardian of the Northern Pass, and generally as full of himself as his titles are long. If Roxy thought a perfectionist fae from the Hinterlands was going to be a pain, Harald is...
TOR Acquires Ebony Gate
So in the hellscape that was 2020, we wrote Ebony Gate. Ken and I are delighted that Tor bought the trilogy. Our girl Emiko will be coming to your bookstore in July of 2023! Tor.com's announcement here. Finding an editor who championed our work was a dream come true....
What if Seattle Were the Center of the Magical World and Overrun by Vampires?
MEET ROXY AND THE SEATTLE SLAYERS When you write contemporary fantasy, your mind goes to strange places. I started picturing this post-apocalyptic Seattle where magic governed and vampires ran rampant terrorizing the local population. A lot of things began to flow...
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Urban Fantasy is Undead
I read a lot of Urban Fantasy. I read broadly but UF is probably my favorite. As a reader, I was totally unaware of publishing trends. But in the last few years I've had to learn a lot more about publishing and then I started to hear that "urban fantasy is dead" from...