BlogHide Resteemsmarissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoThe Fortress, by S.A. JonesReview copy provided by Erewhon Books. This is the first book I've gotten to review from Erewhon, I believe the first book they're putting out at all. It's an interesting choice to set the tone…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoDecameron ProjectI'm very excited about a new project I'm involved with: the Decameron Project! Maya Chhabra, Lauren Schiller, and Jo Walton put this together, and it's an effort of many writers to have new fiction…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoRevision: what and whenThe other major question(s) my friend had about revision was: how do you know what needs to be done? And how do you know when you're done? Okay, so: what you're doing, in general, as a writer, is:…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoRevision: some first thoughtsOne of my friends has heard me mentioning that I'm revising various things, over the last year, and asked me to talk about my process a little more here. So I'm going to do that, probably in more…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoBooks read, late FebruaryJohn W. Baldwin, Paris, 1200. This is a very convenient title that will help me to find this book for reference on the shelf. It does just what it says on the tin: talks about Paris and what was…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoThe Winter Duke, by Claire Eliza BartlettReview copy provided by the author, who is a personal friend and represented by the same agent as me. One of the things I often talk about most enthusiastically in my blog series about…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoImportant toolsOne of the things I often think about advice is that it usually reflects the advice-giver's needs rather than being some kind of universal law. "Don't smack yourself in the face with a frying pan,"…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoThe exact right thingToday it's been over three weeks since the three-day flooring project began. It will not end today. I hope it ends this week but who knows. I have learned to just...go with whatever is, to not rely…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoBooks read, early FebruaryJames Baldwin, The Fire Next Time. I had not read this fairly famous set of essays, and now I have. It was horrifying and instructive, as of course you would expect it to be. I think that in some…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoThe Unspoken Name, by A.K. LarkwoodReview copy provided by the author, who is a personal friend since we're repped by the same agent and all. Which is not to say that you should discount my squee, because: squeeee this is so much…marissalingen (60)in books • 4 years agoPresent Writers: Delia ShermanThis is the latest in a recurring series! For more about the series, please read the original post on Marta Randall, or subsequent posts on Dorothy Heydt, Barbara Hambly, Jane Yolen, Suzy McKee…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoRevising griefThere's no particular reason why you have to make anything out of grief that's for anyone else's consumption. A lot of people don't; but then a lot of people do, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Roland…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoBooks read, late JanuaryRoland Barthes, Mourning Diary. This is the scraps of observation, literally scraps, that Barthes scribbled down about his feelings after his mother died. I had been hoping for the sort of communal…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoMoontangled, by Stephanie BurgisReview copy provided by the author, who is also a personal friend. This is the latest installment in the Harwood Spellbook series of romantic fantasies, shorter than novel length but longer than…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoBooks read, early JanuaryLeigh Bardugo, Ninth House. This was a period of reading when I needed to spend a lot of time on the couch, so books I could dive into and not come up for air until I was done were very welcome, and…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoLetters from my absenceWhile I was out of town at ConFusion and surrounding fun, I had a story come out in Beneath Ceaseless Skies! Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (Or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate) is…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoA Queen in Hiding, by Sarah KozloffReview copy provided by Tor Books. Okay, so here is what you need to know about whether this book will drive you up a tree: the princess is for no reason explained in the book called a princella…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoRace to the Sun, by Rebecca RoanhorseReview copy provided by the publisher. If you've been following the new releases from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint of kids' fantasies, I think you'll be pleased with Rebecca Roanhorse's…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoPresent Writers: Ellen KushnerThis is the latest in a recurring series! For more about the series, please read the original post on Marta Randall, or subsequent posts on Dorothy Heydt, Barbara Hambly, Jane Yolen, Suzy McKee…marissalingen (60)in books • 5 years agoThis couch still open?This morning you can read my latest essay in Uncanny, Save Me a Seat on the Couch: Spoiler Culture, Inclusion, and Disability. It's about, among other things, not getting to see the new Star Wars…