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Updated 23 February 2019 

My story “Nothing Can Be Said Sufficient to Describe It,” was released on February 15 in the anthology Those In Peril. This is an epistolary alternate history story where the letters are sent in the present day, and the story is both about the author and about Henry Winstanley, an extraordinary inventor and lighthouse builder from the 17th century. The story includes quotes from King Charles and from Daniel Defoe’s first book, as well as some discussion of lighthouse design and men’s hats.

A novel that I co-wrote with Robert Waters, The Persistence of Dreams, was released in May 2018! The novel contains our award-winning story “The Winter Canvas,” plus much new material, including an appendix about relevant art styles written by art teacher Elaine O’Meara (aka me).

My weird short semi-autobiographical piece “The Secret of Sleep” was published in Vitamin ZZZ in their fall 2018 issue

Coming up: In March, I will speak about lesson planning with undergraduate teaching assistants at the CEA conference in New Orleans. And I will be at Ravencon in April 5-7 and at Capclave on October 18-20. Come join us!

 

5 Responses to “ Home ”

  1. Hey – I could party over a Ph.D.

  2. Terry Cox says:

    Meriah,

    Thanks so much for your POV workshop at Capclave.

    You’d mentioned additional material (examples, something from your thesis)- I’d be very interested in anything you have to offer.

  3. Terry Cox says:

    Oh, other stories which use POV in intersting ways:

    “Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death” by James Tiptree Jr. – alien POV
    “Sergeant Chip” by Bradley Denton – animal POV
    “The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the change”, by Kij Johnson- what can you say about Ms. Johnson but ‘wow!’?

  4. Rick Ramsey says:

    I completed your semicolon quiz and I didn’t do as well as I though I would–being a fan of semicolons. I have come to replace most semicolons in my writing with a dash.

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