Brandon Sears interviewed me today over at Every Read Thing. I may have mentioned my grandfather, some cool science books and a certain actor from Sherlock.  Click on the link for all the details here: https://everyreadthing.com/2014/01/06/interview-alex-hughes/

This week deserves a picture of a sad kitten tangled up in yarn. My muse & I have been unraveling plot tangles for days. This involves lots of staring at whiteboards, hitting my head against the wall, and playing with yarn. Yes, I knit. Yes, it’s useful for plotting, and not a bad metaphor either. […]

Tomorrow I’m sending out my first email newsletter in several months, in which I share one of my favorite short stories ever, The Carousel. The Carousel is very short (only 700 words) but it’s creepy and rich and wonderfully tragic. I love this little story. And even better, it arrived in my head as a complete […]

In which I speak of humility and hope. Hello dear readers, The craziness of NaNo & Thanksgiving having subsided, I’ll go ahead and congratulate all of you who made your goals this November, in writing and otherwise. Congratulations!!! Sadly, I was not one of those folks. I came in at just over 25k for my […]

Today we sit down with food, with family and friends, and celebrate the things we’re thankful for. In the spirit of Adam’s weekly assignment, I’ll choose three things I’m grateful for today. (1) Mimosas with pink flamingo stirrers. (Ask my Twitter feed.) (2) The feel of a warm fuzzy sweater on a painfully cold morning. […]

As of yesterday, I have 23,544 words written this month for NaNo, a very sad number. We will take a moment and sigh over the sadness of that number. Sigh. On the bright side, I got copyedits for Book Three back to the editor this morning (on time, I might add). Marked is a great […]

  Bookmarks!! The publisher sent me some amazing bookmarks for me to give away at conventions and signings to some very lucky readers. And since you guys asked… I’m also happy to send out a few to blog readers as well. (Email me at alex (at) ahugheswriter dot com by the end of November with […]

Or, An Author Playing Hooky Well, dear readers, you will have gathered by now that I missed my update on Friday. There are two excellent reasons for this: one, Sam decided I was working too hard and decided a Road Trip Must Happen Now. On Wednesday afternoon, no less. And two, as I like a […]

Ah, the sweet smell of… falling behind. So, as promised last week, I am going to update on my progress during NaNo here on the blog. NaNo started one week ago today (on the 1st) and I’ve been thrilled and excited to participate in some really cool communities on SavvyAuthors, NaNo itself, and beyond. I’ve […]

Hi all, Most of you by now will have heard of NaNoWriMo, the once-a-year marathon of writing joy over at https://nanowrimo.com/ (which as I write is down from overload, but will be back up again soon). The idea is that you write 50,000 words in just a month, and it’s a great way to find […]