Why I’m going to be saying No a lot
For the rest of this year and all of next I’m turning down professional invitations of every kind. I have work to do.
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A writing update: Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
New of Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
Read moreMy new favourite interview
“…the role of women in the so-called Dark Ages could not remotely resemble the bullshit we’ve been fed in which we were merely rape toys and/or brood mares and/or warty old wise women of the wood” A new interivew up at Moss.
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Extra super special bargain signed and personalised books!
I’m teaming up with Phinney Books in Seattle to bring you signed books for the holidays. Only this year we have SOMETHING SPECIAL to offer: buy a signed, personalised hardcover or paperback of Hild, and get the ENTIRE AUD TRILOGY—also signed and personalised!—for only an additional $10!! (plus shipping).
Read moreThe Aud novels are mine!
I have spent the last four years fighting to get the rights back from Harper, Doubleday, and Penguin and on Friday the last piece feel into place: I now own rights to the whole trilogy.
Read moreAud tweetchat
I’ve used Storify to collect all the questions asked and answers given for the tweetchat I just did with Rocky Mountain College’s ENG 120 class all about Aud.
Read moreProtagonists who look like their authors
I’ve lost count of the number of readers who have suggested I look like one of the protagonists of my books, as illustrated on their covers. The first time it happened was with Slow River. I was surprised, but then came The Blue Place*, and Stay, and I became progressively less surprised. With Hild I expected it.
Read moreDoing the Work
Aud is my commitment to excellence made flesh/word and walking around; she uses whatever it takes to get the job done. She is the tension between the joy and discipline that is my art (or craft or life or bane, depending) filed to a point and stabbed into the tabletop.
Read moreAud in Kindle for UK?
From: Susan Robinson I have just come across your Aud books via Stay, borrowed from my local library. Once I realised it…
Read moreI am not on the cover of my novel
From: Ed HallDamn. Is it my imagination, or have you wound up on the cover of another of your books? Detail from…
Read moreDriven by strong women
From: Meredith I’m a big fan of your books, so I was pleased when I wandered into Chapters-Indigo in Vancouver and saw that…
Read moreI which I break another heart and am happy about it, chortle
From: Morgan Hello. It’s 4:11am and I just finished reading Blue Place, after finishing Ammonite barely a week ago. This… This is…
Read moreIs Aud butch?
From Joslyn You probably get this question all the time, but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere online, and the ardent fangirl…
Read morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part III
[Recap of Part I and Part II: The Blue Place was published in 1998 by Avon, which was then absorbed by HarperCollins;…
Read morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part II
[A continuation of Part I, in which The Blue Place, originally titled Penny in My Mouth, is published by Avon.] What I…
Read moreBlog tweakage
Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…
Read moreThe last time I’ll answer this question
From: Sue Reilly I can only assume you’ve been asked this many times, so I apologize up front. But, are you planning…
Read moreWhy do my characters talk about love so fast?
From: Josleyn I was just reading the post on Elvis and cream cake (which, incidentally, I’ve been craving for a while. Thank…
Read moreAud’s woodworking
From: Jennifer Schwarz I just read Always, the first of your books that I have found. Thank you. I love your writing…
Read moreAud origin stories
Always is the third Aud novel. It was the book in which I was determined to get to the bottom of what…
Read moreMore Aud 03 — long
As promised, as a thank you for sponsoring Kelley in her daily write-a-thon in support of Clarion West, here’s more Aud. No…
Read moreMore Aud
Thanks to all you generous readers, Kelley has hit her $2,250 sponsorship goal for the Clarion West Write-a-Thon. So as a special…
Read moreThe original opening of Always
As promised, here’s a thank you for your support of Kelley’s Clarion West write-a-thon. It’s the original opening for the third Aud…
Read moreNaked writing 02
To balance the woman of yesterday, here’s an unedited closeup of a man: She had never seen a clean-shaven man so close…
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It’s official: Kelley has now reached her goal of $2,000 in sponsorship for her Clarion West write-a-thon work. She’s writing fresh pieces…
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