We were planning on having some friends over for dinner so I pulled on the long underwear because it was cold outside and headed out to New Seasons. It’s about 2 and half miles away which is far enough to get cold but not so far that I warm up from the activity. This was […]
Snow? I wasn’t expecting that. Read More »
Because Rob was out of town until Monday and I’ve been working a lot, we hadn’t had a chance to get a tree until yesterday. You know… Christmas Eve. We walked to the tree lot that’s two blocks from our apartment but they were gone. That was okay, because there was another one at the
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Merry Christmas! One of the things I love most about this time of year is that its the one time of the year when fantasy and the real world intersect. I mean, in households all around the world, people are participating in the world’s largest fairy tale as they open presents under the tree to
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Normally, we go to Chattanooga to spend Christmas with my family. At this very moment, they are sitting down for a dinner with 32 people, all of whom I’m related to. It’s great fun and I am very sad to miss it. Fortunately, Santa, being a wise man, knows how to cheer me up and
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Rob and I have returned from seeing Avatar. His verdict? It’s just bad. Mine? It’s very silly, with horrifically bad science and yet, if you are a visually based person, it is worth seeing on the big screen in 3-D. If you are a logic based person, then skip this film. Question: If every life
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I am feeling unspeakably old. No, no, it’s not because of the elf costume that I’m wearing at work these days, though it is work related. One of the men working in operations came up to me at work last night and said, “Does the phrase, ‘It happened in Narnia,’ mean anything to you?” I
Man, people are weird. I spent today in the bear suit handing out cookies at the Saturday market. It’s actually a lot of fun because the kids totally love having a giant teddy bear give them cookies. What’s weird is that the adults just love the bear also, want hugs and will happily take a
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My column this week looks at the films of Roald Dahl. There are few authors who have had as profound an influence on the fantasy movie genre as Roald Dahl. It's not just that so many of his stories have been adapted for the screen, but also that he was himself a fantasy screenwriter. You
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I’m at about the 23 second mark. I knew I’d be accompanying the bear, but I didn’t know that tv was on the agenda when I left the house this morning.
Video: This is what I was doing today. Read More »
Rob and I don’t own a car so my bike is my primary way to commute. This month I’ve been riding nine miles pretty much every day and lately I’ve been having some trouble with my shifters. On Tuesday, the gears locked as I was coming up a hill — not fun — so I
New saddle for my bike Read More »
Rich Horton has just given my short story collection a really lovely and lengthy review. Here’s a teaser. Scenting the Dark and Other Stories is notable, compared to other first books I’ve seen, for its brevity — only 8 short stories, some 80 pages. I rather think this is a wise choice — start with
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Once upon a time, someone starting a new publishing house would either have a personal fortune or would seek large private investors. Crowdsourced fundraising allows the masses to chip in for projects they believe in. Tu Publishing is one that I’m excited about. Tu Publishing is a small, independent multicultural SFF press for children and
We put these up on a private page for Jay Lake as a get well present, but he’s asked me to share the readings. What readings, you ask? Why full-cast recordings of two of Jay Lake’s Nebula eligible stories, read by Jeff Soesbe, M. K. Hobbson, Dave Goldman, David D. Levine, Camille Alexa, and me
Jay Lake’s get well present. Audio fiction! Read More »
Willis Couvelier just dropped me a note and asked, “Is there a difference in a “southern” style of writing SF/F?” His question was prompted by John Scalzi’s introduction to Scenting the Dark, where he says, “Mary Robinette Kowal is from the U.S. south, specifically from the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. This means two things. First, she
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The 2009 Interfictions Auction of Portable & Wearable Art has nearly 40 quirky & exquisite pieces based on stories from the Interfictions Anthology series edited by Delia Sherman (and Theodora Goss [IF1] & Christopher Barzak [IF2 & Online Annex]). All remaining pieces are now up, and will remain up until bidding ends this Monday, Dec.
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