There are just two weeks left to nominate work for the Hugo Awards, and I’ve got some stakes in this game. My story, “Chopin’s Eyes,” which came out in Strange Horizons last summer, is eligible for the short story category. It’s a sexy historical fantasy piece about romantic music and demonic possession, featuring George Sand … More Hugos and Campbells and Stories, Oh My!
BOOK ALERT: I’m overjoyed to announce that my debut novel–a sexy spy thriller called Amberlough–has just been acquired by Diana Pho at Tor Books. Look for it in Fall 2016!
I’m thrilled to announce that, as of today, my fiction is repped by the most excellent Connor Goldsmith, of Fuse Literary Agency. There was prosecco served in Bohemian crystal at Chez Lara this evening, to celebrate.
Thrilled to announce that “Homegrown Tomatoes,” my story from the Clarion 2012 fundraiser anthology The Red Volume, has found a new home at Escape Pod. Watch this space for updates.
Follow the link for the city-building workshop I taught this afternoon at the Nottingham Festival of Words! My students were all brilliant and came up with beautiful ideas. I think they taught each other more than I taught them. **A note: That paragon of excellence, ellenkushner, reblogged this and mentioned non-fiction reference books. We chatted … More Who Is Your City?
The illustrious Carmen Machado (@carmenmmachado), one of my many talented classmates from Clarion 2012, invited me to participate in this blog tour, in which we talk about our writing processes (pronounce that with a long “e;” it sounds more sophisticated). She was invited by Sofia Samatar, who was invited by Daniel Jose Older, and so on. … More The Sausage Factory, or: My writing process, a chain letter
Several weeks ago, my dear friend (and obscenely talented writer) Sam J. Miller was asking me about my experience reading slush for an SFF magazine, which I had just stopped doing after six wacky and wild months of aliens, wizards and–we’ll talk more about this last one later–Nazis. He encouraged me to put my reflections … More Lessons learned in slushing
Hello, internet. The writing progresses, despite the patent insanity of working two restaurant jobs at once. It amounts to a full time job and a half. Every day including weekends. But it keeps the bills paid and the groceries coming in. In the chinks of time between novelling, shuffling scenes in short stories, and dishing … More A Lump in the Throat
Well I said I would do it, so I am. Man of my word, all that. And not even a full 24 hours has elapsed since my return from the great Southern expedition. I rolled out of Smalltown™, Ohio early Friday morning and commenced gathering applications like fruit from various restaurants and coffeeshops. Friday night … More Well I said I was going to do it, so I am!
This is sort of goofy, but I feel like if I write it I will be more likely to actually follow up with the post I am about to promise to write. Louisville, KY is an awesome city. It’s a city of horses, restaurants, bourbon and beer. It is the city to which I will … More A blog post about a future blog post
Lara Elena Donnelly 