Essays

There are almost too many of my essays loose in the world to count (we won’t even mention guest blog posts), but here are links to a few…

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Another Word: “Breathing Life Into Characters”

Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2018

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Another Word: “What Authors Owe Us”

Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2017

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Another Word: “Publishing–Jump in the Water’s Fine”

Clarkesworld Magazine, June 2016

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Another Word: “Love Song for a Saturday Morning”

Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2015

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Another Word: “The Precious Five-Star and the Reviewers of Mount Doom”

Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2015

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Another Word: “The Best of All Possible Worlds”

Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2014

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Another Word: “I am an Endangered Species”

Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2013

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“Princess Alethea’s 11 Best Fairy Tale Films”

USA Today, May 23, 2013

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“Under the Influence of Andre Norton”

USA Today, May 17, 2013

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Another Word: “Original Sin”

Clarkesworld Magazine, March 2013

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“The Fairy Tale in the TV Age”

Clarkesworld Magazine, May 2012

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“Teen Angel, Dark” (or, How Poe was my Emo High School Boyfriend)

Weird Tales #354 (Growing Up Poe), Fall 2009

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“White Girl”

Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2008