Blogs about: Where Stories Come From
Right Mind
Alisa wrote 4 months ago: Broken House by cindy47452 on flickr. This picture makes me feel the same way as a house I drive by … more →
It's Not About You + Trouble
Alisa wrote 8 months ago: Glimmer Train always has such good stuff. Someone recently told me that they had decided not to take … more →
Snapshot
Alisa wrote 9 months ago: It’s a gorgeous day. I’ll be in my windowless office for the next 5 hours, but I got 20 … more →
My Book Cover
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Alisa wrote 9 months ago: City of Shadows, 1992-1994, by Alexey Titarenko A popular game with, well, pretty much everyone I … more →
What a Story Does
Alisa wrote 10 months ago: I was commenting on someone else’s story today, and I wanted to say something about what a sto … more →
I Heart NYT Slideshows
Alisa wrote 10 months ago: This great slideshow on the NY Times site shows side-by-side photos of identical twins. It’s s … more →
Monster of the Year
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Alisa wrote 10 months ago: The material forms of our collective nightmares are subject to fashion. This year would have to be t … more →
More good advice
Alisa wrote 11 months ago: This month’s Glimmer Train bulletin is just chock full of good advice. Several good tips here … more →
Doing It Again
Alisa wrote 11 months ago: Revision is something I struggle with. For years, I didn’t know what it meant. I thought it wa … more →
Nalo Hopkinson is a genius!
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Alisa wrote 1 year ago: Okay, I’ve always suspected it, after reading her truly unique SF novels like Brown Girl in th … more →
A Long Way Home
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Alisa wrote 1 year ago: This image is from an NYT slideshow of paintings done by elderly men and women at 20 senior centers … more →
One-horned wonder
Alisa wrote 1 year ago: Here I am, trying to decide which novel (and I’m not letting on what my choices are) and I wak … more →
Fast Forward
Alisa wrote 1 year ago: Wow. Busy week. And a train wreck in my head. When I sat down to look at the bloated (16,000 words … more →
What's in a room?
Alisa wrote 1 year ago: I was critiquing a manuscript yesterday (Hi P&C!) in which a conversation takes place in a write … more →
Woooo!
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Alisa wrote 1 year ago: Ahem. My short story “Parvati and the Snake” has been published in the September issue o … more →
Homecoming
Alisa wrote 1 year ago: I’m back from Scotland. This is sad because it was really beautiful and fantastic. Some less s … more →
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Alisa wrote 1 year ago: Chicago skyline from 31st beach I went to Chicago last weekend. This is one of the things happening … more →
