Origin Stories

Building a House on a Wherry

January 14, 2013

When the Sea is Rising Red was not the first of the hobverse books I’d written. That dubious honour goes to a book that had the rather unfortunate name of Hob an Lam (I know it was unfortunate because an agent told me that she’d avoided reading the full because of the title.) But WtSiRR Read more >>



Origin of a small press

January 11, 2013

Five years ago I wandered into a conversation in a writer’s forum in the middle of the night. The posts were flying fast, the participants were hilarious, and I privately messaged one of the members before butting in — is this a private club? Is it alright if I play too? Many late nights and Read more >>