I have a firm conviction that if you give someone a warm meal and a hot shower, they can do nearly anything they set their minds to that day. Which is why my first and preferred charities have always been food banks. For several years, I ran #WillWriteToFeedOthers, wherein I wrote a story in November, […]
Putting my money where my plate is. Read More »
Under external prodding, I have finally updated my bio. Huh. That’s not too shabby, actually. Laura Anne Gilman’s work has been hailed as “a true American myth being found†by NPR, and praised for her “deft plotting and first-class characters†by Publishers Weekly. She has won the Endeavor Award for THE COLD EYE, and been
A Short (Bio) Update… Read More »
So tonight around 10 pm I’m finishing up at a work event (which kept me from being at OryCon this weekend) and I finally have a chance to check my email. I may have said “HOLY SHIT!” loud enough for my co-workers to be all “what? what happened?” I won the Endeavor Award for THE
Guess I have to change my bio now… Read More »
Since I got scolded for not shilling myself enough (ugh), I’m gonna do this all-promo post fast, and you can do with it as you will, after, ok? 1. If you’re not signed up for the Gilman Quarterly yet, you aren’t going to have a chance to win one of three limited edition West Winds’
Paying the piper (and also the electric bill and the vet’s bill, and….) Read More »
Boom. Done. I love having the ballot box just down the street. A nice walk, some fresh air, and my civic duty is done. And no, I don’t miss the “community-building” elements of single-day polling place voting at all. It was stressful and occasionally inconvenient, and they weren’t even offering cookies any more. And drop-off
Civics 101: My duty, my obligation, and my pleasure. Read More »
I’ve just taken on some new obligations (because I didn’t have enough already?) that requires me to drive into Seattle several times a week. Making the best of the situation, I decided to use that driving time, and pulled out the old language CDs to see if I could bring my Italian back up from
Language, children! Read More »
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 Realize that you’ve managed to schedule your first actual non-work or family-related vacation in nearly 6 years that week (meaning: limited internet access on the day of release)  Get a text from your cat-sitter that starts “don’t freak out, but we’re at the vet….”I now remember why it’s been 6 years since my last vacation.Â
How to Increase the Stress of Book Day Without Really Trying! Read More »
The Al Chet is a confession of sins for which we all must take communal responsibility. Traditionally spoken during Yom Kippur, part of the High Holy days (which begins Sunday at sundown with Rosh Hashanah), it’s a powerful bit of coming-to-terms with your own shit, and the shit you have allowed to occur around you.
via The Forward, An Al Chet for the #MeToo Era Read More »
As some of you know, I’d been thinking about doing a collection of Devil’s West stories for a while – there was a novella percolating in my head, and short stories waiting on my hard drive, and hey, easier for readers to find rather than hunting through magazines and anthologies! But I hadn’t done more
Cover Reveal for WEST WINDS’ FOOL! Read More »