I feel like there might be a straight line to be drawn between watching Pee-wee Herman marry a bowl of fruit salad when I was five and writing a book about a lesbian elephant marrying a butterfly at forty.
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Sugar Salad and the Monkees
I dreamed I was hanging out with Micky Dolenz. And what does my unconscious brain think I should do while hanging out with Micky Dolenz? Well, we were trying to train my dog to correctly identify which Monkee is singing lead when listening to a Monkees song. Continue reading “Sugar Salad and the Monkees”
The Over-Valuing of First Rights and Under-Valuing of Early Works
Writers let themselves get tricked into believing two wrong things:
—First Rights are so valuable that you should hide your stuff away until it can be debuted Just Right
—your early works are trash you should be embarrassed by Continue reading “The Over-Valuing of First Rights and Under-Valuing of Early Works”
Double Announcement: new fantasy novella & partnership with Zoocape!
Now that our first book as a publishing press has been released (You’re Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station) and is receiving good reviews, we have two very exciting announcements to make about future releases…
Queen Hazel and Beloved Beverly
First of all, we will be releasing a fantasy novella by Mary E. Lowd this December called Queen Hazel and Beloved Beverly. This book features a gorgeous, wraparound dust jacket as well as several interior illustrations. It is also the first book of Lowd’s to appear in hard cover. Read the blurb below:
What if your favorite childhood video transported you to a real magical kingdom — and an old friend who never forgot you? Continue reading “Double Announcement: new fantasy novella & partnership with Zoocape!”
You’re Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station – AVAILABLE NOW!
The first book from our new publishing wing, Deep Sky Anchor Press, is out today!
Available now on Kindle or paperback!
You’re Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station is a cozy furry space opera novel that’s an indirect prequel to Mary E. Lowd’s Entangled Universe trilogy.
When an unexpected wedding invitation arrives, Anno packs her family up for a trip across the stars. Continue reading “You’re Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station – AVAILABLE NOW!”
Ghost Corpses
I know I probably shouldn’t overthink this, but it’s a little weird (in Diablo IV) that ghosts leave corpses.
Schroedinger’s Sense of Self-Worth for Writers
Any moment now I could write words of such power & raw beauty that they take the world by storm and finally justify all the time I’ve spent on this “career”… any moment…
…or I might never write another word worth reading again.
Sand Really Does Get Everywhere
Me when Attack of the Clones came out: “ha! this movie is terrible — beautiful, but terrible!”
Me as the years pass: “okay, so, there’s actually a lot to like about SW2 in spite of the bad dialogue”
Me at the beach: “ugh, Anakin is right — sand really does get everywhere!”
From Amy to Hannah
Today was an exercise in extreme whiplash…
This morning, after a week of syringe-feeding and subcutaneous fluids to battle her failing kidneys, we had to put down our sweet, sharp, little mop dog Amy.
This afternoon, we met Hannah. Continue reading “From Amy to Hannah”
Furvana 2023 Book Release!
This fall, Deep Sky Anchor Press will release its second book — Hell Moon by Mary E. Lowd! You can pre-order it here.
This space opera horror novel is the first in a new trilogy from Lowd; the Xeno-Spectre trilogy features many of the same defining traits readers love about her other books — spaceships, animal-like aliens, rebellious AI, far future adventure, and queer found family.
The Xeno-Spectre trilogy is set in the same universe as Lowd’s Entangled Universe trilogy from Aethon Books. However, it has a darker edge that will appeal to fans of the Alien franchise, Ghostbusters, and Jurassic Park.
