Contemporary and epic fantasy with unforgettable characters, complicated families, and music in the sentences.

Sarah Avery

In Which I Address Awards Controversies Slantwise With Stuff Nobody Else Seems To Be Saying

Come check out my new post on Black Gate. It’s an essay on awards and the psychology of motivation, with a studies-have-shown riff about why motivation doesn’t work the way most of us have been led to think it does, and a pull-the-wool-over-your-own-eyes riff about preserving self-motivation from stuff that might deplete it.

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Y’Know What This Book Needs? More Monsters!

This week I’ve been figuring out my villains. I’ve known a long time about my Big Bad, but the Big Bad has henchpeople, and they

On Day Jobs and Sex Scenes, but Not at the Same Time

The book’s filling out in the sparse bits this week, more than I would have predicted in light of a sudden onslaught of paid labor.

Changing My Patreon Tiers

So, here’s a tension: You signed up to get updates about how my writing was going. I promised you that I would talk about writing