Happy New Year's Eve to all of my awesome friends and blog followers, but more importantly -- happy birthday to me! I'm planning a lovely low-key evening with a small group of friends to involve pizza, cake, and games. I hope that whatever you plans have, you remain safe and have a blast. To celebrate … Continue reading Steel Time Deleted Scenes!
November Wrap-Up & December Goals
This month, it feels like I wrote all the words, read all the books, and went to all the conventions. Okay, it's actually about 32k words, 15 novels, 8 short stories, 3 graphic novels, and 2 conventions. Still a hell of a month. Obviously, that 32k words means that I did NOT "win" NaNoWriMo. As … Continue reading November Wrap-Up & December Goals
September Wrap-Up & October Goals
How is it almost the end of the year? What happened? Where have I been? Writing and reading and traveling, for the most part. Oh yeah, and I published my fourth book. Welcome Steel Empires Book 4: Steel Time to the world! But now October has already started, so there's no time to waste! September Wrap-Up … Continue reading September Wrap-Up & October Goals
March Wrap-Up & April Goals
It's been another whirlwind month at Casa Siamese, filled with lots of reading, blogging, editing, and other such shenanigans. I've been doing a lot of working out, and I'm counting down the days until the weather finally gets warm enough for me to walk outside. (Yes, I'm aware that I could walk outside now, but … Continue reading March Wrap-Up & April Goals
Review: ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew MacLean
A post-apocalyptic story starring a strong female character and her adorable pet cat? This should have been right up my alley. But despite the art being streamlined and stunning, the story never quite grabbed me. Though the internal narration conceit was very cool, it seems the author erred on the side of "less is more" … Continue reading Review: ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew MacLean
January Wrap-Up & February Goals
Wow, is the first month of 2018 done already? Seems like it flew by in a whirlwind of writing and reading and LEGO. Oh wait -- because that's basically all I did this month. January Wrap-Up First of all, the good news: The first draft of Steel Empires #5: Steel Shadows is DONE! Final word … Continue reading January Wrap-Up & February Goals
Annual Holiday Update
Below is the holiday letter my husband and I sent in our cards this year. Thank you to all of you for also being amazing supporters. I couldn't have gotten through this year without you. Dear Family & Friends, This has been a much-needed quiet year for the Gribble household. Of course, quiet for us … Continue reading Annual Holiday Update
STEEL BLOOD featured on The Skiffy and Fanty Show: A Book By Its Cover!
In a surprise blog tour spot that I knew was coming, but had no idea of when, Steel Blood has been "reviewed" as part of a relaunched monthly feature at The Skiffy and Fanty Show: A Book By Its Cover! It's a joke column that literally makes up a book review based on what the cover … Continue reading STEEL BLOOD featured on The Skiffy and Fanty Show: A Book By Its Cover!
Review: SHORT FUSE by Brent D. Seth
Disclaimer: I acquired this novel at a convention through a book trade with the author, whom I consider a friend. What an incredibly refreshing science fiction novel to find in a market that sometimes feels saturated with overly complex space opera and violence-infused military epics. Though this novel includes complex world-building and plenty of (sometimes … Continue reading Review: SHORT FUSE by Brent D. Seth
December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Happy 2017 to all! This year I'm looking forward to continuing work on the Steel Empires series, contributing to Speculative Chic, reading lots of amazing books, and attending fun conventions, and watching lots of great movies and television shows. This year's motto is probably "Work hard, play hard." December Wrap-up: I only had two goals … Continue reading December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Holiday Letter 2016
Happy holidays to all of my readers! Every year, my husband and I send a card and newsletter to family and friends. Since I include all of you in that category, below is a (slightly redacted for privacy) copy of the newsletter. I hope you are all having a great holiday of your choice. (In … Continue reading Holiday Letter 2016
November Wrap-Up & December Goals
Even though I didn't complete the full NaNoWriMo madness this month, I still got a lot done! November Wrap-up: I successfully wrote 30k words in 30 days for my mini-NaNo attempt! I'm now at 70k total words on book 4. Book reviews completed: Snowed by Maria Alexander (5 stars) Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido … Continue reading November Wrap-Up & December Goals
Liebster Award tag
I've been tagged in another fake award chain letter thing. Whooo! This time, I was tagged by author Shannon Eichorn (blog and Twitter here) to answer more questions about things you will 100% need to know the next time I am a topic at your local trivia night. I like answering these things because I … Continue reading Liebster Award tag
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
October Wrap-Up: I made it to 20,000 words in STEEL BLOOD by October 31. So I will definitely have at least 5k to 10k words to complete in December, but I am okay with that. I finished all of the Kitty the Werewolf books and wrote up my review of the final novel in the … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
Con Report: DogCon IV
This past weekend (October 23-25, 2015), I attended the fourth annual DogCon, the annual convention hosted by my publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press. Its a wandering convention, and this year we took over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! The first event on Friday night was a lecture by Michael Arnzen, who spoke about the "popular uncanny" (think uncanny … Continue reading Con Report: DogCon IV
September Wrap-Up & October Goals
September Wrap-Up: Reach 20,000 words in book 3, STEEL BLOOD. Progress: Better than August! After a few rounds of scene edits with my criqiue partners in which some narrative vomit was thankfully cut, I ended up with approximately 9,000 words written for the month, and I'm hanging out at about 14,000 words right now. Goal: Finish … Continue reading September Wrap-Up & October Goals
August Wrap-Up & September Goals
August Wrap-Up: Goal: Write 10,000 words of book 3, STEEL BLOOD. Progress: A little over 5,500 words. Part of that was because I didn't even start writing until August 18, and the other part was crippling uncertainty as to the way I was starting the novel, which is one of the hardest parts of any … Continue reading August Wrap-Up & September Goals
July Wrap-Up and August Goals
July = Success! My goals for the month of July were relatively simple: Complete a scene-by-scene outline of book 3 (tentatively called STEEL BLOOD) and finish the initial rewrite of the first prequel short story (formerly called "Peacekeeping" but now in search of a new name). I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo with the goal … Continue reading July Wrap-Up and August Goals
Delicious, delicious social media
Okay, so the title of this post is a lie. I'm not that huge of a fan of social media. Wait, that's a lie, too. Let me back up. I love Facebook. I'm not really good at talking to people, so it's a great way for me to keep up with all of my friends' … Continue reading Delicious, delicious social media
In Which I Introduce Myself Further
Now that you've had some time to poke around the place, let me give you the official tour of my new home on the Web. Let's start with the Bio tab. That's where you'll find my official head shot, courtesy of Brian Roache Photography, my official short "about the author," and the incredibly necessary picture … Continue reading In Which I Introduce Myself Further