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Virginia McClain

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Virginia McClain is an author who recently stopped daylighting as a Spanish teacher in Arizona and switched to writing full time in Winnipeg, Manitoba. When she's not writing she can often be found climbing to the top of large rocks, running on trails, backpacking, and generally engaging in any excuse to go play outside. Now that she has moved to the Great White North she will probably add snowshoeing, cross country skiing, and ice skating to her list of outdoor adventures, but as it's still warm out she'll start with canoeing (something she hasn't done in years) and see how it goes from there. She lives with her husband and their furry, canine companion Artemis. ...more

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Virginia McClain The best thing about being a writer is having an outlet for all of the stories that play themselves out in your head.

When you tell strangers about wh…more
The best thing about being a writer is having an outlet for all of the stories that play themselves out in your head.

When you tell strangers about what all those crazy characters in your head are up to, you get locked up in the loony bin. When you write it down and sell it, you get called an author. (less)
Virginia McClain Oh, these are tough questions! One of my favorite parts of writing Blade’s Edge was that I wrote the majority of the first draft by hand while hanging…moreOh, these are tough questions! One of my favorite parts of writing Blade’s Edge was that I wrote the majority of the first draft by hand while hanging out in some of my favorite cafes and restaurants in Yamagata, Japan (where I was living at the time). And I also sometimes brought those notebooks with me to the tops of the same mountains that so heavily inspired the setting. And I could never pick a favorite character, all of my main characters are my favorites. That said, when it comes to secondary characters, I always enjoyed writing scenes with Tatsu in them so much because I adore dragons, and writing giant intimidating creatures that look like monsters but who act with more honor than most humans always puts a smile on my face. Then again, I also always adored writing Ryoshi in them because he loves Taka but also finds humans to be a bit tedious, and really SAME, Ryoshi. Same. Thank you for asking such fun questions! Sorry I can’t actually pick favorites. (less)
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Image description: The image shows a green textured paper torn diagonally across a book cover. Not much is visible beyond the text “of Sorrow” a portion of a person’s head, and what could be some broken glass, plants, and a bit of broken pottery.


So, if you've been following my social media at all over the past few months, you've probably seen me mention The Alchemy of Sorrow at least once (but more likely dozens of times). It's the big project that has been taking up all of my waking hours since January of this year (aside from a brief break for QuaranCon2022). What is it you ask? Well, it's an anthology of SFF short stories that are all Read more of this blog post »
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"I very much enjoyed Dragonmeat. The story was engaging and the characters of Peri and Frost were fantastic. The book is written in first person from Peri’s perspective as she struggles stealing food to ensure her sick father doesn’t starve. Then the " Read more of this review »
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"Martha Wells has a wonderful talent for creating loveable killers. Well, at least I love them, and I was totally enamored with the main character in this book, the titular Witch King, Kai. He's a body-jumping, life sucking demon who joins a small ban" Read more of this review »
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Virginia Kerry wrote: "It seems you can't officially recommend books on goodreads anymore (boo!), but I think you would love Soulless (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...)."

You're right! I read a few years ago and loved it! I've read almost all of Gail Carriger's books, (there are some newer ones I hope to catch up on soon).


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Kerry Gibbons It seems you can't officially recommend books on goodreads anymore (boo!), but I think you would love Soulless (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...).


Virginia Kevin wrote: "Hi Virginia,

Thanks for accepting! Anyone who can fess up to being an a-hole in their youth should be saluted :-D"


Thanks, Kevin! Everything is clearer in hindsight. :-) Of course, it's still difficult to tell. I'd like to think I wasn't always an a-hole in my youth. Only some of the time. Still, I know I was too judgmental by far, and that essay was like I giant spew of judgmental, superior, look at me, bull crap. Like I said, cringeworthy.

Anyway, what is life if not an opportunity to continuously improve ourselves?


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Kevin Cole Hi Virginia,

Thanks for accepting! Anyone who can fess up to being an a-hole in their youth should be saluted :-D


Virginia Robert wrote: "Virginia, thank you for your friendship and check out my FREE short stories at http://robertsnovels.com
Welcome to the Short Story Connect group and happy reading!"


Thanks, Robert! I have some free short stories available on my site as well: http://virginiamcclain.blogspot.com and if you have amazon prime or kindle unlimited you can get my new collection of short stories "Rain on a Summer's Afternoon" for free as well. Otherwise it's $0.99. :-)


Robert Roberts Virginia, thank you for your friendship and check out my FREE short stories at http://robertsnovels.com
Welcome to the Short Story Connect group and happy reading!


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