Okay Laboratory Folk, Livestream tonight at 5pm EST. Possibly with baby in tow.
Any more questions feel free to chime in, or dig back to the "November Livestream Q&A" where there are already questions lined up and ready to go that I will be answering.
2018-12-09 19:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, Mad Fictioneers! I am slowly starting to emerge from the deep waters of surgical recovery and new motherhood--which is to say that I am typing this with a sleeping (hopefully sleeping) infant next to me, hoping that he will not wake up for at least an hour or two, having played the entirety of Ghostbusters at top volume while rocking him because nothing relaxes this child of mine like a loud-ass soundtrack and a battle scene or two.
I feel like autumn hel...
2018-11-21 02:41:43 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Laboratory! Here is your open thread for the month! Get to know each other, discuss high art, share memes, I won't judge. Last night we did an Antiques Roadshow Drinking Game so really I CAN'T judge anyone on anything.
How's things with all of you?
2018-11-12 00:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe winners are...Pam Hopkins and Ann Marie O'Connell!
Message me your addresses and I'll send your copies...as soon as I receive mine!
2018-11-11 23:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Cumin Lamb Tacos with Roasted Sweet-Spicy Carrots and Pistachios
HELLO EVERYBODY!
I do not have diabetes anymore OMG EFF YES! I am not pregnant anymore and thus do not have the weight of creating an entire human weighing down my necessary brain-parts and also agitating my stomachparts and making me not want to cook anything at all! DOBBY IS A FREE ELF!
I mean, not free at all, really, I have a Small Creature who needs me literally all the time and has ...
2018-11-11 23:56:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, all!
It is Book Launch Day! And that book is my Mass Effect tie in novel, Annihilation! I'm so excited for everyone to get to read my totally not fancy or literary medical thriller in spaaaace and get to know all the aliens and easter eggs I wedged in this bad boy.
As usual, I am giving away two autographed copies to my wonderful Patreon subscribers! I am not entirely sure when they will ship out as I have not received author copies yet, but I am told I will receive them soo...
2018-11-06 19:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween everyone! Best wishes from all of us here at the Lab!
October rewards will go up this weekend, November around mid-month. Blame Sebastian S. Pumpkins, who rudely demands to be cared for and tended to. Keep in mind, however, he is only a pumpkin. He doesn't know any better. (And thank you to Shawna for the costume!)
Happy autumn one and all!
2018-10-31 23:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Come watch! There will be a smol beastie with very little hair! How cool does that lipstick look on camera? Get questions in now! Hope to see some of you on chat!
Hey everyone! I'll be doing this month's livestream Q&A tonight at 8pm EST! Still time to get questions in if you have them! I'll post the link at 8.
2018-10-23 23:14:39 +0000 UTC View PostHere is your monthly open discussion post, suggested during the Livestream awhile back! A place for you guys to get to know each other, discuss whatever you want in a place where no one will yell at you or act the fool, post memes and gifs and song lyrics, praise the season and Halloween and fall, vent work frustration, whatever is on your mind! <br><br>How's things?
2018-10-18 23:17:31 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone!
As most of you know, I just had a baby a couple of weeks ago. It's a Sebastian! As many of you may have assumed, every minute since September 25th has been taken up with post-surgical care, painkillers, learning All the Things, attempting to walk both up AND down the stairs after major abdominal slicing/dicing, nursing, soothing, kisses, trying to understand medical bills, definitely not sleeping, worry and love and discovery and ULTRAFEELS and just so, so many disgusting bodi...
2018-10-18 23:14:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Autumn, Laboratory Folk!
Since I'm officially on maternity leave, I'm not writing much for the next twelve weeks while I learn how to look after a brand new human. But that doesn't mean I intend to leave your excerpt-hungry hearts high and dry!
This one is SERIOUSLY from the vaults. As in, only two people have ever read it before. It was commissioned by a jewelry-maker to accompany a piece of the same title, and was sent to its new owner tucked underneath the jewels--somethin...
2018-10-02 20:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post
How Much Is That Mystery Box In the Window: Genre Fiction, Endings, and YOU
Greetings, everyone! IT IS AUTUMN, MY DUDES. It’s all happening! Leaves and woodfires and pumpkin pie and costumes and marshmallows and crisp sunshine and A GODDAMNED BABY WHAT EVEN IS THAT IS IT A NEW KIND OF CANDY JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN?
I am excited. I am WORKED UP. I may be high on a hormonal cocktail straight from the inferno itself. P.S. THE LEAVES ARE STILL TOTALLY GREEN...
2018-09-23 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We are happy to announce the patron chosen by the Laboratories Automated Fickle Finger of Fate is...
Gabry Crivilare!
The previously pictured prize package (along with a Bonus Extra Kylo Ren Jumbo Eraser as we noticed on your profile you are a Star Wars fan...) will be out to you shortly.
Thanks for playing everyone. And remember, next time it could be you!
2018-09-18 17:09:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Creamy Parmesan Pasta with Brussel Sprouts and Bacon
It is with deep gratitude that I say: this is going to be my last goddamned diabeetus recipe. CLEAR SEAS AND FULL CARBS AHEAD.
I’m tired of all of it, and honestly this dish was the one culinary bright spot in my life over the last month. I took a gamble on the idea that there was enough fat and protein in it to balance out the pasta and WON HELL YES. It’s all rich and terrible for you and delicious and sorry, but ...
2018-09-13 22:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hullo Mad Fictioneers!
Patreon Goblin Heath on the page here, as the expecting and exceptional (not at all biased, me) Chief Witch/C.E.O of Scrivener Science here at the Laboratory is currently sleeping peacefully, faithful Floofhound by her side.
Your generosity knows no bounds, keeping the lights on in the Lab and love in our hearts. Thank you for all your support, not just from Cat, but from me too, and all the other Denizens be they feline, canine, or Due In A Short Time.
So le...
2018-09-11 13:59:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey, everyone!
As soon as I can make myself presentable and reasonably pain-free, I'll be firing up this month's Q & A on YouTube. As usual, there will be a link here at the time in question, a chat on the stream, and you still have time get some questions in over on the monthly post.
I'm going to go get in the bath until everything stops hurting--see you in an hour or so!
2018-09-09 18:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Thirteen years ago, I took a detour to West Virginia on the drive home from my first Wiscon. It was a long way, but I knew it would be worth it. On a farm in the mountains, a German Shepherd named Breeze had given birth to a litter of nine. Breeze had been the name of my then-husband's childhood dog, who had died the previous year. And the Breeze in West Virginia had a little puppy with my name on it.
The breeder had put colored ribbons on all the dogs. Originally, I chose the red ribbon...
2018-09-06 22:45:15 +0000 UTC View PostPlease select a victim to be obliterated in tweet form!
Oooh there are some juicy choices here!
2018-08-25 19:57:10 +0000 UTC View PostThat time has come again, because I can barely move or write, for me to make fun of a movie or show or what have you for your enjoyment, because that is an Art I can make on the couch!
Leave a comment suggesting a movie, 2-3 episodes of a TV show, or 2-3 hours of a video game you would like to see me savagely mock on Twitter. Remember that you do not actually want me to do this to something you love, it will make you sad. Or something I love. Pick enjoyable rubbish.
I will post ...
2018-08-17 00:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
God, You’re Such a Fucking Cliche: Lessons from Life OR WHATEVER I GUESS
Greetings, Mad Fictioneers!
It is the dregs of summer, which means it is sticky and hot and revolting out there, where the air clings to you like a nice guy who swears he totally just wants to be friends and the humidity doesn’t want to be friends at all, it wants to be inside you right now and maybe take you home for a super-intense dinner with its parents while you’re just trying to...
2018-08-15 23:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostDuring the Q & A a couple of days ago, the idea came up for a monthly open post here, so that everyone in the Mad Fiction Laboratory can get to know each other a bit! People seemed to like the notion--think of this as a beta test.
Next month, I'll try a weird little question or something to get conversation started. But this time, just talk about whatever you want, LIKE THE OLD DAYS ON THE INTERNET WHEN WAY FEWER PEOPLE YELLED OR WERE EVIL BOTS. Introduce yourself, talk about the weather, ...
2018-08-12 20:30:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry, the power went out and then surged earlier today so we had to reset everything--going live now!
2018-08-10 02:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe winners of the two signed copies of The Future Is Blue are...
*drumroll*
Bruce Cohen and Megan Hungerford! Message me your addresses so I can send your copies!
Thank you everyone--more giveaways soon!
2018-08-09 23:31:22 +0000 UTC View PostJust trying to be, I don't know, EVEN SLIGHTLY ORGANIZED HERE, and tell you more than five minutes in advance when the Livestream is happening.
In two hours! As soon as I can get myself looking like something not born in a swamp, the dogs behaving like things not currently guarding a swamp witch, and half a minute between all my new and fun medical activities, which I estimate will be between 9 and 9:30 pm tonight. The link will go live when the feed does.
The essay will go up tomo...
2018-08-09 23:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new book out! And so it is time for another Patreon giveaway.
This one is The Future Is Blue, my new short fiction collection, which has all my short stories from the past two years plus three new pieces and the best cover basically ever.
Now, this is a Subterranean Press short fiction collection, which means that it is probably going to sell out by tomorrow (I'm given to un...
2018-08-01 20:27:10 +0000 UTC View Post
ALL CAPS COOKBOOK: TRASHPANDA PLACENTA EDITION
CALDO VERDE!
So, you know I fucking love food? And how cool it was that my pregnancy got rid of my dairy allergy and I could eat just, like, ALL THE CHEESECAKE?
My body was like AHAHA FUCK YOU. I have gestational diabetes, also known as the dreaded FETUS BEETUS. And no, it’s not because of the cheesecake, it just means my placenta is trash and can’t handle two blood sugar generating rock star...
2018-08-01 20:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Caramel-Habanero Pasta with Bacon and Greens
HI EVERYBODY IT IS TIME FOR ONE OF MY WEIRD INVENTIONS.
This pile of deliciousness was invented because I couldn’t decide what I wanted so I just made something with all the things in my head HA HA THIRD TRIMESTER IS REAL. Like, I can barely concentrate through the process of making a one-pot dish so I had to CONSTANTLY ENTERTAIN MYSELF BY ADDING NEW INGREDIENTS LOL MY BRAIN IS A HEDGEMAZE.
It’s good, th...
2018-07-19 00:51:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone, this month we're live from Readercon!
2018-07-13 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post