Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball: Some Thoughts on Clarion
Early this morning, Neil Gaiman said something on twitter: https://t.co/KxqDo9CY9y is where you apply to go to Clarion. If you want to be a writer, you want to go to Clarion, NEED to go to Clarion. —...
View ArticleCheese Straws
2 cups sifted all purpose flour 16 oz extra–sharp cheddar cheese 1 1/2 sticks of margarine (Margarine is preferable to butter; butter makes them too greasy) 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp...
View ArticleMuggle Dentists & The Force Awakens
Warning: this post contains spoilers. So everyone on the planet seems to believe that Rey is Luke’s daughter. This theory is bolstered by Rey’s talent with the force, the fact that her family...
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Publications When We Were Giants — Lightspeed — November 2015 There was a game we played at my primary school called “Giant in the forest.” Every day, even if it rained, the fourth and fifth grade...
View ArticleThe Speech I Gave to Ken Liu
Since I could not attend the Nebulas this year, Ken Liu graciously offered to accept on my behalf should it be necessary. This required that I write him a speech. This is that speech. Choose Your Own...
View ArticleYear in Review
Publications Lovecraft — Clarkesworld — October 2014 (Recommended by Lois Tilton) First, a mouth appears. It is four centimeters long, curved along the ridge of the old woman’s collarbone. It is lined...
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3/2/2015 — “Needle on Bone” has been accepted for publication by Strange Horizons. 1/1/2015 — I’ve made some significant changes to the blog and website. For one I now own the domain ‘HelBell.com.’...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Want to Apply to Clarion West/Clarion UCSD.
The application season for Clarion West and other Clarion (UCSD) has begun. I’ve already seen posts on twitter from past alums encouraging people to apply and telling the world what wonderful,...
View ArticleEt F****** Cetera
It always amused me that Singles Awareness Day (aka Valentine’s Day) can be abbreviated to SAD. Tonight I realized that the same is true of Social Anxiety Disorder. I do not have Social Anxiety...
View ArticleA List of Sorts
What I’ve published this year, in chronological order: In Light of Recent Events I Have Reconsidered the Wisdom of Your Space Elevator, Shimmer #16. After Valerie it was Cindy West, Marge Banwell, and...
View ArticleDiving Science: Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Decompression Sickness
On twitter, someone asked: If you dive to 10m, do you need to worry about decompression? If so, what length of dive makes it necessary?” The question wasn’t addressed to me, but a friend of mine...
View ArticleLiterary Markets for Genre Writers
Ever since Duotrope went behind a paywall, I’ve been meaning to make a master list of literary journals to which I can/should/do periodically submit stories. This list is not exhaustive, but will...
View ArticleThe WindUp Girl Story
I’ve told this story a few times now, but only recently in a public space on Twitter. But I think it’s an important story, so it needs to be some place I can link to it the next time I want to rehash...
View ArticleHow to Survive Clarion West… After Clarion West
One year ago I came home from Seattle. When I left for the workshop I knew that I might have a rough time at the end of it. I had plenty of writer friends who had gone and talked about being...
View ArticleEveryone Will Want One
Last summer my friend Kelly Sandoval wrote a story during Clarion West. She almost didn’t finish it because she didn’t like it, but she thought better of it and turned it into workshop. It was a...
View ArticleLife Hack: Passwords
A few weeks ago my mother was complaining about the password requirements of some website. You have to have a number, a special character, a capitalized letter, an uncapitalized letter, your social...
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My Love Letter/Apology to Kelly Link
I’ve always been an avid reader, but not always of genre fiction. And certainly not always of genre short fiction. I know there are plenty of SF/F writers who grew up reading F&SF or Asimov’s or...
View ArticleClarion West Write-A-Thon
Every year Clarion West holds a big fundraiser to help defray the costs of the yearly workshop. Writers sign up to write, and sponsors sign up to throw money at Clarion West in the name of those...
View ArticleReasons I’m Not Writing A Story Right Now
I’m writing this blog post. I’d rather check my email. I’d rather write an email. I’d rather war with myself about how I shouldn’t write the email I want to write because I’ve written enough emails...
View ArticleThe Spark Writing Contest
Apparently all my blog posts lately have been on dates ending in 5. I was sad this afternoon because I couldn’t think of anything to write about, and then realized I forgot to mention this: I’ve been...
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