It’s 1 am and I’m out of metaphors. Seriously, though, whose brilliant idea was it to write a half-million word epic fantasy trilogy, complex plot and all, and somehow tighten it around a character-driven, thematically heavy narrative? Oh. Right. I thought The Agartes Epilogues was pretty challenging. That one was a plot-heavy story that then throws it …
The book is out on April 5, 2018! I’m careening through my deadlines here, but I’m hoping this still goes out in time. If you’re a blogger and you want an (electronic) ARC, feel free to let me know through social media (Twitter always works–you can find me at @k_villoso) and I can send you …
It usually happens this way: someone nonchalantly asks for suggestions for women authors/women main characters/diverse main characters/LGBT authors/etc. etc. Someone, always, somewhere, will say, “I don’t care what the author’s race/religion/colour/sexual orientation/favourite dog/favourite ice cream/favourite sexual position is, all that matters is a good story.” I generally avoid getting into discussions like these, simply because oftentimes, …
Earlier this week, my husband asked me what our plans were for 2018. It was a serious question, not a casual one. It had been a tough few years, with life looking like we’d been walking on a tight wire fifty feet off the ground. I can’t even pinpoint the exact moment when it all …
Like most writers, I suffer from self-doubt and low self-esteem more often than not. This shit can be crippling. Writers cope in many different ways. I think I’m a sucker for pain, because (apart from drinking) my method involves looking my critic in the eye and then saying, “Hey, you know what, let’s be friends.” …
