The Power of Words

I started writing fiction – officially – while I was studying for my Ph.D., and by the time my degree was finished and my son was born, I was starting to realize I'd never be able to stop writing. At this point I work at home, caring for my son and daughter and writing in every spare moment I can find. I owe a great deal of my success to the unfailing support of my husband, who has made it possible for me to have spare moments, and also to travel to the Surrey International Writers' Conference, which was an enormous help to my career.

My first professional short story, "Let the Word Take Me," appeared in Analog Magazine in the July/August 2008 issue. Shortly thereafter I started this blog (July 2008). My novelette, "Cold Words," appeared in Analog October 2009. "The Eminence's Match" has since appeared in the Eight Against Reality anthology (July 2010). A novelette entitled, "At Cross Purposes" led the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Analog, with cover art by Bob Eggleton, and another, "The Liars," appeared on the cover of Analog's October 2012 issue with art by Michael Whelan. Since then, "Smoke and Feathers" has appeared in When the Hero Comes Home 2 from Dragon Moon Press.

NOW OUT, a story at Clarkesworld Magazine entitled "Suteta Mono de wa Nai" (Not Easily Thrown Away). Two more stories are forthcoming this year: "Lady Sakura's Letters" in the inaugural issue of STRAEON from Stupefying Stories, and "Mind Locker," which will appear in Analog in the July/August issue (available in May).