by Christie Meierz | Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Post
How do you make an alien alien enough without making them too alien? SFR author Jael Wye has some thoughts on that topic in our second guest post. Edit: I apologize for any delay in approving comments; I have a family member in the hospital and I’m spending the...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 14, 2015 | SF Conventions
Confluence is Pittsburgh’s local science fiction convention, so of course I’m going! Here’s my schedule: Friday, July 24 9pm Confluence for Introverts Mars KT Pinto (moderator), Mike McPhail, Christie Meierz, Brea Ludwigson Convention-going advice...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 7, 2015 | Guest Post
Starting this month, I’m hosting guest articles! To start us off, my first guest is author and Geek Mom Corrina Lawson, on how to create balance when you’re writing powerful characters. Balance. Readers always need it in fiction. A protagonist has to be...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
You may have noticed the new look. This blog has moved to WordPress, where it can be attached to my official website. This will take some getting used to on my part; I spent an embarrassing 5 minutes figuring out how to log in with sufficient privilege to post....
by Christie Meierz | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a typical year here in Pittsburgh, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This year, the “out like a lamb” memo seems to have been waylaid. April, however, which also came in like a lion, might have stolen the memo; the weather beans call...
