Yeah, I’m still alive. Bitch | Lab left me a comment yesterday and I thought maybe I ought to update and let you all know how I’m doing. What’s amazing to me is I still get new comments on old posts…well, constantly. Several a week. Cool.

First off, I adopted a new ferret from the Denver Dumb Friends League because my remaining one was so lonely after Susie died, to the point of getting sick from stress. They get along well and Heidi seems to be doing much better. So. That’s Kuma. Yeah, he’s pretty cute. He plays fetch and climbs up tall things which he then cannot get down from (also, I think he’s afraid of heights, which begs the question…WHY?), and also he is extremely snuggly. So. Yay.

I’ve been writing a lot, honestly. I finished a magical realism/fantasy/weird novella (although it still needs revision. a lot of it.), and sent off a short science fiction story to a major magazine in hopes of publication the other day. I helped teach a writing workshop for young authors. I’ve been spending a lot of my free time here, posting thought-provoking discussions of body hair on fantasy worlds. So, you know, the same topics as here, really. I’m co-co-editing (two co-editors, so…yeah, nevermind) a book of fantasy and science fiction writing by young authors, which is pretty much taking up most of my time, but I’ll be done soon. I wrote some articles on SF writing/worldbuilding and basic proofreading for Creative Writing Solutions, which might get posted eventually someday if Tony ever gets around to it. *cough* Considering that the RPG module I created to add on to their creative writing cirriculum still isn’t available after over a year, that might be awhile.
If you want to keep up with what I’ve been doing, there’s always the LiveJournal. (If I know you and you want to read my fiction rough drafts there, let me know and I’ll friend you. Feminist SF!) I’ve posted some of my poetry and such at Perpetually Untitled, having come to the conclusion once again (as I do sometimes before deciding I want to try submitting to literary journals again) that my poetry is unpublishable in the current writing market, which is a shame because I think some of it is fairly decent. I blame editors’ bad taste and the fact that most published writing has been declining in intelligence for awhile now for no damn good reason. SF is possibly, but maybe not, an exception. Anyway, I’m gonna be posting my writing articles there, too.

Oh, and, hey, if y’all want to help me out, mind enlightening me as to what you think would make a good, feminist fantasy novel aimed at teen girls? Are there certain things you notice in YA fiction that you like/hate? Something you’d like to see in more YA writing? Is there some random object/character/plot point you’d like me to somehow incoporate into my plot, just for fun?