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Monday, November 14, 2022

The Princess and the Mirror

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Here’s one of the fairy tales from  The Rat Queen . This was one of the first things I wrote, even before I knew what the book was about. It...
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Sunday, October 2, 2022

More Sausage Making

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Writers often mention “Impostor Syndrome,” that unpleasant and sometimes crippling fear that you have no genuine talent and might be unmaske...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

My First Rat

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This is a true story.  I was living with my parents and six younger siblings in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. My bedroom was a cu...
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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Cover reveal!

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Publishing is a sluggish craft, but the big wheel keeps on turning. THE RAT QUEEN has a new cover design, and I gotta say, I LOVE IT. Advanc...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

It's been a while...

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…since my last book. Coming up on three years. Not that I haven’t been writing. Just writing more slowly. And also delayed…by…supply…line…is...
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Friday, November 26, 2021

Post-Thanksgiving Post

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After last year’s pared back celebrations, I was really looking forward to T-Day 2021. It wasn’t the usual full-bore extended family circus ...
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Thursday, September 2, 2021

"Poached by an Angel"

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A little more than ten years ago I wrote about how to poach an egg.    I was wrong about some things.    Since posting that blog I have poac...
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Friday, April 5, 2019

Four Things I Will Do This Spring, in Chronological Order

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I'm not doing a lot of book stuff this spring, which is good, because there will be mushrooms in the woods that need picking, and yard ...
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Friday, March 8, 2019

Returning to Pippi and Her Ilk

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In honor of International Women's Day, I am reposting this item from six years ago. It is the first of five posts I wrote about strong y...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Some Unsolicited Thoughts on Self-Publishing

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For about twenty years now I’ve been watching and (mostly) staying out of the debates concerning the viability of self-published books, and...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The Edgars

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Otherwood  is a finalist for the Edgar Alan Poe Award in the “juvenile” category. The other finalists are  Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott...
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Pete Hautman
Minnesota and Wisconsin
I write novels. Some are for teens, some are for grownups, some it doesn't matter how old you are as long as you can read.
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