I’ve been sitting on this for about a week until it was official and such: I just sold my story “Different Year” to the Federations anthology! *cue happy Snoopy dance* This story was once called Voices From The Heartland and then Same Old Shit, for those who may remember. Many props go to my peeps [...]
Hey guys, remember Luke Jackson? The guy who started the whole Helix thing on accident and recently has been running around these here Internets being super offensive just to gain kudos (and perhaps sweet lovin’) from William Sanders and the people who hang out on his message board. Well, he’s just taken his crazy act [...]
I haven’t commented on the news that Realms of Fantasy is closing yet, and I feel as though I should for several reasons. So, I will. Way back when I was a wee!Tempest I was very much unaware of fandom and the wider SF world. I liked Star Trek. I liked Narnia and other SF/F [...]
Have I mentioned lately how my job is so great? It is so great. Please don’t ever stop being awesome, job. Same goes for the people I work with. This week I’ve been trying out different flavors of Linux in order that I might write a review of them for a print issue. At first [...]
Once, long ago, there was an internet fight. Instead of being about race, it was about gender. And it started because there was a book, and that book was covered in penises male author names even though inside there were just as many female authors. The discussion/debate/wankfest became epic, but during the darkest part of [...]
I’ve been trying all weekend to write a post that will express several emotions and truths about this latest explosion of debate, discussion, and fail around cultural appropriation and other related issues. You’re all sick of hearing about it, yadda, yadda. I never could write that post. Because it would be pointless. Because most people [...]
Therefore even though I and many others acknowledge and find great humor in the ridiculousness of this, why do I have the feeling that this author is destined to get a YA book deal? I mean, Mary Sues AND unicorns? How can the editors resist?
A truth that I’ve come across many times over the years and passed on to me by writers much more experienced and intelligent than I and that I feel is apropos in these times: Just because you wrote a piece of fiction doesn’t mean you own the only true way of reading/interpreting/understanding that piece of [...]
I’m talking someone who knows all the original series episodes really well and can talk excitedly about how awesome they are. If so, please leave a comment. I may need your help.
As promised.
I’ve been toying with the idea of syndicating webcomics on Fantasy for a while, but don’t know a lot about what’s out there. Anyone have suggestions for good webcomics with small profiles that might benefit from a bit more exposure? You can, of course, suggest your own.
A few days ago Elizabeth Bear put up a post about cultural appropriation and writing the other. Post gets many comments, some by the usual cultfans and some by folks thoughtfully engaging in the topic. One particular exchange lead to this Open Letter. That open letter led to another post by Bear. That post led [...]
Just a reminder that the WisCon Panel Brainstorming post is still going on. Consider it an open thread for all things discussiony :)
I recently had to uninstall my favorite media player: MusicMatch Jukebox. I’ve had that same install since 2004 and absolutely loved the program. But, sadly, it was getting buggier and buggier, and, of course, it was no longer supported. not because it was old, but because Yahoo bought MusicMatch and proceeded to amke ti a [...]
We talked about this a bit at WisCon last year, and since I recently did great mental harm to you all by pointing out that “discussion” over on Jay Lake’s LJ, I thought I would do something constructive. I’m willing to host an in-depth discussion about cultural appropriation on the ABW so that we can [...]
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I'm a writer, most often committing acts of genre (fantasy, science fiction, and other stretches of the imagination). You can find my short stories in many and various magazines and anthologies and podcasts. In addition to being a writer I also engage in activism and fandom -- often both at once.
