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The Gift

Here’s a seasonal, free story from my collection, A Perfect Life and Other Stories. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays! Morning gleamed like a poem as fat snowflakes spiraled past my window. I like how snow silences the world, a cold compress salving the fevered pace of life. This was the first of the season. If it […]

Me talking about Wishbone

This is the last day Wishbone will be on sale for $2.99. And I did an interview with I Heart SapphFic about the novel, which is near and dear to my heart. You can read it here.

Book cover with title Wishbone showing a wishbone lying on painted boards, byline Elaine Burnes

Revisiting Wishbone

Back in better days, mid-October, I got word that my novel Wishbone would be included in the I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge for “Main Character in Uniform.” I was thrilled! I didn’t think about how I might feel this week. Knowing this was an election year, my emotions have ranged from hopeful optimism, to concern, […]

Readercon Accomplished!

Wow. Readercon was awesome! Technically it was Readercon 33, but my first. I haven’t really started processing it, still coming down from the high. For this shy introvert, that’s an astonishing statement. That a crowded conference full of strangers (it wasn’t any easier with coworkers) could energize me. I didn’t talk to very many people. […]

My First Readercon!

I’m going to my first Readercon tomorrow (though at the rate I’m going in getting this posted, maybe today). Just for the day, unfortunately, and only if there aren’t monsoon rains for the drive there—it’ll take a couple of hours. Readercon, for those not in the know, is a venerable science fiction conference held in […]

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Happy Fourth of July!

I hope this isn’t the last time I can say that. There are a lot of horrible things going on around the world, and I care about all of them deeply even if I don’t write about them. Sudan is on the brink of famine, China and Taiwan are on the brink of war, the […]

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Planting Rocks

I don’t consider myself a gardener. I say I’m the laborer to my wife’s gardening. I grew up with a shaded yard, so my mother’s feeble attempts didn’t yield much. She had a rock garden though, but I don’t remember much about it. My grandmother was quite the gardener. She had a terraced back yard, […]

Lies, Damn Lies, and…More Lies

I’ve started a new document on my computer called Rants. You’ll read the fruits of that here. I know the world is full of horrible bad news everywhere you look, so this isn’t something I want to dwell on. I write because I need to process my feelings about the world and my little life […]

Tenacity Is Now Available

Just a quick update that Tenacity is now available for purchase at these outlets: Amazon Apple store Barnes & Noble Bedazzled Ink  Kobo Vivlio Others will be updated as they go live. If you are in Massachusetts, look for it in your library’s network. Or request it. Bookstores, too, can carry it. Just ask! More […]

Tenacity Sneak Peek

Tenacity launches on June 4. You can preorder now on Amazon or, you know, wait and I’ll have links to other retailers like Bookshop.org, where, to be honest, I buy my print books that I can’t get locally. Tenacity is a sequel to Endurance. I’d like to think it stands alone, but just in case, […]

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