I love Christmas! And I love Space! Those two themes are generally not tossed together, and why not? Now, I know there are Christmas stories, movies, and books that incorporate fantasy elements, and fairy tales, but there aren't very many rocket-ship, other-worldly, or alien renditions. Sure there are specific tendencies to associate Christmas with snow, and cold, and sledding, but Christmas happens in all different cultures and places; why not space? To remedy the problem o

I have a bit of a short attention span—I love doing so many things and am interested in so many things, I tend to jump from one idea and creative outlet to the next. It's amazing I finish novels. Charitably, you could call me a Renaissance person. Uncharitably, a dilettante. One of the things I’ve been really enjoying lately is getting back into my art. If you follow me on Twitter—and you should @tt_linse—I’ve posted some of the things I’ve been doing. I got into a phase of

It’s been a rough four years for us all. One of the many effects it’s had on me is to quash—or, I guess more accurately, redirect—my creativity. Before November 2016, I had written two books and almost a third in my Wyoming Chronicles series. These are YA novels, British classics set in contemporary Wyoming. So fun to write! I’d written Moreau (The Island of Dr. Moreau) and Pride (Pride and Prejudice) and almost finished Solomon (King Solomon’s Mines). But the same week as