Rejection is a great teacher. When I was a journalist in upstate New York, I’d often have to ask tough…
Author: Karen Osborne
KAREN OSBORNE is a writer, visual storyteller and violinist. Her short fiction appears in Escape Pod, Robot Dinosaurs, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Uncanny and Fireside. She is a member of the DC/MD-based Homespun Ceilidh Band, emcees the Charm City Spec reading series, and once won a major event filmmaking award for taping a Klingon wedding. Her debut novel, Architects of Memory, is forthcoming in 2020 from Tor Books.
I don’t do balance. I mean, I wish I did. I’d like to. A balanced life seems appealing, in its…
Before I begin, let’s get something straight: there’s no “typical path to publication.” There’s only what happens to you, when…
In 2006, I went to a house party. While crossing the lawn on the way back to the car, my…
In college, I had a summer job at the Latham Circle Mall Waldenbooks (of blessed memory). The manager made me…