In the spirit of Warren Ellis’ Who I Am And Where I Am posts, this post.

I’ll skip the “Who I Am” part because my bio is over there on the left in the sidebar. See it? Cool. Now look up at the top–see the ABOUT link? That’s my CV. I need to update it, I know. Ignore the FAQ. I haven’t filled that in yet. (That’ll likely cover how I got into comics, how adapting manga works, what it’s like being married to Matt Fraction and why I’d prefer you contact Fraction through Marvel as opposed to through me.)

Now the fun part! Where am I?

In real life (“IRL”), I’m in Portland, OR, which is every bit as awesome as you imagine. We moved our family here in 2009 and after traveling extensively for most of our lives (I’ve lived in Ohio, California, Texas, Japan, Nebraska, Germany and New York. Fraction’s list is similar) we both feel like we finally found home.

On TEH INTARWEBS, I make my home in the following places:

• Twitter. Easiest place to find me. It’s one of the few social applications that I find more useful than annoying. I’m able to read it when I want to, ignore it when I’m working and I don’t feel like I need to scroll back and “get caught up” on Twitter, which makes it pretty much guilt free. I should probably mention that I “tweet” more than the average bear and it often has to do with my family life, so, you know, I may or may not be your gal. But hey! Good news! I am completely unoffended by folks who unfollow when I get chatty.
• Facebook. I’ve got a Facebook page, but I don’t really do more than post links to reviews and interviews. I have a personal Facebook page as well, but I use it to keep up with friends and family, so I don’t generally accept friend requests unless we know each other IRL. No offense, just trying to keep things manageable.
• Amazon Author Page. If you’re a trade paperback (“tpb”) person, links to my books are pretty easy to find via this Amazon author page. I’ve got permission to tweak/update it, but have done very little, as I just haven’t had the time and, again, I’m not sure how useful it actually is.
• Midtown Comics. If you’re more of a traditional format comics person, you can find your local comic shop via this handy link right here. If your local comic shop isn’t all that local or inviting, I recommend Midtown Comics for mail order. Can’t be the prices, either. That link should take you directly to my books.
• Goodreads. My Goodreads author page. I keep meaning to use Goodreads to track my own reading, but I haven’t been able to make a habit of it. Have you? The listmaker and obsessive tracker in me loves the idea. The overworked mother in me thinks it’s just one more thing to do. I don’t need one more thing to do.
• Ravelry. I used to knit, before I had kids. I hope to knit again one day. Until then, my Ravelry account kind of feels like the fossil remains of a past life. Love Ravelry, though. Jess & Casey are good people.
• Jinxworld! Aaaand finally, I now have my own forum over at Brian Bendis’s Jinxworld (Thanks Brian! Thanks, Dan!), which is pretty much what inspired this post. John-Paul McCarthy sent me a message on Facebook that launched a conversation about productivity practices for creatives and I was looking for a place to open the conversation up. This is a bit of an experiment–with the exception of one private board that I dearly love, I haven’t been a regular member of an online forum since…. since the WEF, maybe? MLF? SSQ? It’s been aaaaaaages. And between the kids, work and travel, I don’t have the time to spend online that I used, to. But that said, Jinxworld has a nifty iPhone app that means I can surf or post while I’m rocking babies or waiting in line, so it’s not exactly stealing time from my work day. Anyway, I want to give it a shot and I’d love it if you came by and said hi or maybe even contributed to the conversation.
• If you’re into deep cuts, you might also find me on This Tumblr, That Tumblr, Pinterest, Last.fm or Delicious, but I don’t make much use of any of them.

Okay, that’s it for now. I’ve got a little boy recovering from a tonsillectomy who desperately wants my attention. Later!

Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, originally uploaded by kittydoom.

So I wrapped a monster script at 5:10pm last night and I was somehow expecting to feel lighter today. I guess it hasn’t quite hit me yet. (The last two pages are still nagging at me. That might be the problem. I can tweak them yet if I want to, but the solution hasn’t materialized yet. Any minute now would be good.)

In other news, SUPERGIRL 65 dropped yesterday! Most everyone seems to like it, so I’m pleased. I try not to care what other TEH INTARWEBS say — I think ultimately if I’m pleased with it and my editor’s pleased with it, then it’s a success and I ought to free up that mental energy for the next thing. (Caveat: I’m still very much rooted in Beginner’s MInd in this pursuit and nothing’s going to be perfect. Do the best job I can do and then make note of what mistakes I’ve made, what I can learn from, and MOVE ON.)… But I’m human. So I care. I was particularly concerned about the thoughts of the fine folks at MaidofMight.net and Supergirl Comic Box Commentary because I know Kara is very close to their hearts and… I don’t know. I don’t want to reverse-engineer and write what I think other people want, but I do want the superfans–the people for whom this character means the most–to feel I’ve treated the opportunity with respect. Does that make sense? Anyway, I heard from them both and they were both very positive. So. Big exhale. And as the two remaining books are each better than the previous, I think–I hope–we’re drawing aces. Big thanks to my collaborators Wil Dennis, ChrisCross, Marc Deering, Blond and Travis Lanham. Congratulations, fellas!

Up next for me, an 8-pager for Marvel and a one-shot for another company that I’m more excited about than my scheduling would suggest.

Then? I’m taking a little time to focus on A Creator-Owned Thing.

On a personal note, my dad and step mom are coming to visit today and I could not be more excited.

There’s so much more I want to share but I’ve got errands to run, two interviews to write out and some research to do today, so I’m calling it for the moment.

Next post, I’m going to try to start talking about what I’ve learned about comics writing and my specific process over the last year and a half.

See you then.

EDITED TO ADD: Comic News Insider Episode 339, my conversation with Jimmy Aquino at Heroes Con has gone live!

I am SWAMPED and everyone in our house is sick, so this is going to be a bit of a drive-by post, but I have been seeing stirrings on the interwebs about the dearth of female writers in the DC re-boot and while I agree that, you know, MORE THAN ONE WOULD BE BETTER, I feel like I should mention that I was approached. (I’ve seen my name at least twice on lists of ‘folks DC should have talked to.’)

They did talk to me. I was approached twice.

The first was to pitch on an ongoing. I declined because I was hip deep in work at the time and the turnaround they needed was just impossible for me. (I can’t remember exactly, but I think it was a day or two for the pitch and then a week and half for the first script–which would have been doable if I could have dropped everything and started immediately, but I had Castle pages due, another project you don’t know about yet, and Supergirl still on my plate!) And I wasn’t sure I was ready for an ongoing anyway. (It was later pointed out to me that an “ongoing” in the current marketplace is seldom much longer than a long mini, so… you know. I’m an idiot.) I’ve kicked myself every day since, but short of having fermata powers, I don’t think could have done it.

The second time, I was approached to pitch on a 6 issue mini. This time I decided to make it work. I pitched. I swung for the bleachers aaaaand… I didn’t get the gig. It happens. It ain’t personal. They told me that there were others pitching and though I was also told mine was an early favorite, in the end they went another way. As far as I’m concerned, it was fair and square and there’s no shame on either end of the deal.

So there you go. HELL YES, I do wish there were more female creators in the DC reboot, but in my case anyway, it’s not like I wasn’t given a shot. Or two.