Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.

He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will fit one neck as easily as another.

But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot holes, some logical inconsistencies, pacing problems, and not nearly enough lesbian unicorns.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said. "There's an easy way?" I asked.

Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult.