Lyda Morehouse is pretty terrific. We first met at NorWesCon in Seattle when we were both finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award. She was totally down-to-earth, fun, funny, and welcoming. She was also an extremely accomplished author who by now has written at least twelve books, including the cyberpunk Archangel Protocol series, and under her pen-name Tate Hallaway, the Vampire Princess of St. Paul series.

Like most authors, Morehouse has had career lows and not just highs. But unlike most authors, she’s always been open about those difficult journeys through the valley of print. That’s the kind of generosity with vulnerability that makes it possible for other people to learn, and it makes me respect her all the more.

Lyda Morehouse spoke with me by web video on October 23, 2018. We discussed: 

• Why a career crisis-point forced her to take a new name
• Whether a Philip K. Dick Award nomination or win is a career-killer
• Why she once filled a coffin with her own books
• How to rise to the challenge of writing whatever genre you’d always claimed would be easy
• Why to be a “hybrid writer”—that is, publishing through corporations and independently at the same time, and
• What you need to understand about your plot and your readers to get the most out of your endings

 

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