by Christie Meierz | Oct 6, 2022 | Writer's Life
Life is complicated, but after seven-ish years of major life events, all of which put writing on the back-burner, I am back. After moving across country twice, I now live in Rochester, NY, where the trees are green in the summer and the winter air hurts this desert...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 5, 2015 | Writer's Life, Writing
This weekend, I had to smile when I saw a new review on Amazon for my latest science fiction novel, Farryn’s War: I normally read a lot of science fiction and not much romance, so I was a bit concerned we’d be all heaving bosoms and whatnot. Pleasantly...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 3, 2015 | Writer's Life
So Farryn’s War is out in both e-book and print; the print edition boasts a beautiful interior layout by Melissa Neely and a Tom Peters cover. It’s a thorough-going space opera, and a bit of suspense noir. I hope you like it. Every villain is the hero of...
by Christie Meierz | Sep 9, 2015 | Writer's Life
Astute readers may have noticed that the Amazon page for my forthcoming novel Farryn’s War has it listed not as Tales of Tolari Space Book 4, but as Exiles of the Drift. What (you might ask) is up with that? In my Tolari stories, the Drift is a dangerous region...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 6, 2015 | Writer's Life
Windows 10 finally came to my machine this morning, a little late in the game, to be sure. At first, the promised jump lists did not function. For Word, for example, a little arrow appeared beside its entry on the start menu, but neither mousing over it nor clicking...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 22, 2015 | Writer's Life
I have, at various points in my life, been a knitter of some small skill. I learned the art while I was expecting my third child, and took to it like a house-afire, knitting sweater after sweater for those I love, some of which are still in use. They say that when you...