Jamie


About Jamie

Jamie Lackey lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their cats. She has over 160 short fiction credits, and has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Escape Pod. She has a novella and two short story collections available from Air and Nothingness Press. In addition to writing, she spends her time reading, playing tabletop RPGs, baking, and hiking. You can find her online at www.jamielackey.com.


 I just got an email letting me know that I’ve been accepted into Chatham’s Creative Writing MFA program!  I don’t know if they’re going to give me an interview for a fellowship or not–I won’t find that out till February, and the interview won’t be till March.  But still, I […]

Graduate School Update!


 So, faithful readers, as some of you know (and the rest of you can eaisly find out by reading some old entries) I had a Kickstarter project a few months ago  It didn’t work out.  But now, my friend Sabrina and her husband have launched a project to help fund […]

Meatballs!!



 My short story, "Your Weatherman" has been accepted to Kazka Press‘s Bronies: For the Love of Ponies!  I’m super excited!  This is the third story that I’ve sold to the market I wrote it for.  It’s a good feeling.  ^_^  

Another Short Story Sale!


 I finished my final novel read-through today.  I sent it out to a few more readers just to see if they think it holds together, and I sent my very first query to an agent.   This is roughly what my query letter looks like.  If you’ve been dying of […]

Novel!




 1. Write more.  This one is pretty simple.  I didn’t do too badly in 2011–finished my first novel, wrote a decent number of short stories, but I want to do better in 2012.  I’m not sure how hard this one will be to accomplish–I really do love writing, but finding […]

Resolutions





 I fell down a few stairs at a friend’s house on Sunday.  I landed pretty hard on my tailbone (and spilled tea all over myself).  It’s been pretty painful, but it’s getting a little better every day.  Nothing to worry about, but if you want to send sympathy chocolates or […]

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