Career News

Posted on September 11, 2020 by kat_richardson

I’m Pleased

I have signed a publishing contract. First in 4 years. I’m not able to give details yet—and it’s not something major by most standards—but it’s still forward progress and something I’ve been trying to get done for a while. So, yes, I’m pleased.

Nov 26, 2023

Norwescon and Left Coast Crime 2024 So, I’ve gone and registered for two upcoming genre conventions in my area: Norwescon—Seattle-area’s longest-running Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, which happens over Easter Weekend (March 28-31 this year) at the Hilton-Doubletree near SeaTac airport; and Left Coast Crime—a wandering Mystery Literature convention which will be hosted at the […]

Sep 06, 2023

I’m Very Annoyed I haven’t been getting anything but spam here for about 6 months. I figured you guys just didn’t have anything to say to me, which was sad, but understandable. But today I discovered that WPMail forms has been borked for months and not sending mail to me because the value in the […]

Aug 11, 2023

Who Owns You? The following is a rant cut and pasted from my spewing on Blue Sky about new AI Training policy at Zoom. I shall now reproduce my rant here, so I don’t have to keep on cutting-and-pasting all over the Internet: I’m not naive to the fact that all business now pads its […]

Aug 08, 2023

The Problem of the Runcible Spoon (a bit of Writer Archeology) Quite a while ago (late January of 2011, in fact) I wrote the following about runcible spoons and what they are and aren’t. At the time there was actually rather less Internet than there is now, and also a bit different flavor of Wild […]

Aug 03, 2023

Editing Schedule for August and September Due to back-to-school pressures and rescheduling, I have open editing, consulting, and coaching slots for the rest of August and September! So, if you’ve got a project in need of Developmental or Line Editing, or you’re interested in some personal coaching or consultation on a project or just some […]