So! Fun news first: for the first time in a year and a half, I have a day job again. Yay! Trust me, the nonprofit world is BRUTAL right now for trying to get a gig in Seattle specifically. Don’t bother. There were 600 applicants for every 1 position in some cases. So. I went back to the corporate world (boo!) but for a truly cutting edge sci-fi company (yay!) doing people-y things (I understand the first few sentences of the theory before my brain goes to mush.)

With that said, my writing may slow down a bit, I won’t be quite as available to teach or coach, but I think this is the right move for me in this time. It’s a great team, at a really darn cool place, and we’ll see how long I can ride that wave. I HAVE sold 6 new stories, have a bunch that are in second round reading right now, and at last count…2 plays, 8 novels, and 5 novellas in the works, so don’t count me out just yet!

But now you want to know what I’ve been reading over the long silence since my last post. Well:

I recently read all of Charlie Jane Anders’ work, even the ARC of the sequel of her YA, and let me tell you…I’m working on a whole post just about her. For now, the rest of what I’ve been reading and enjoying is below. As always, any books I read and can’t stand go quietly into the night…

NonfictionLady Killers by Tori TelferNever Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane AndersWriter to Writer by Gail Carson LevineThe Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald MaasSpellbound by Beauty by Donald SpotoThe Heroine’s Journey by Gail CarrigerSpec FicThe Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora GossThe Awesome by Eva DarrowsS by JJ Abrams and Doug DorstWarlock Holmes by G.S. DenningParasol Protectorate by Gail CarrigerWaypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. ChenKilling Floor by Lee ChildLittle Thieves by Margaret OwenWinter Tide by Ruthanna EmrysAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank GreenVictories Greater than Death and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane AndersA Dead Djinn in Cairo and the sequels by P. Djeli ClarkYou Sexy Thing by Cat RamboThe City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane AndersThe Hearts we Sold by Emily Lloyd JonesPrime Deceptions by Valerie ValdesRing Shout by P. Djeli ClarkNight of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham JonesMiranda and Caliban by Jacqueline CareyRocks Fall Everyone Dies by Lindsay RibarCurses by Lish McBrideStephen King’s The ShiningOil and Dust by Jami FairleighThe Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix