I’ve been reading a lot of different things around the internet that have me thinking about white privilege. It occurs to me that I can use myself as an instructive example of how quiet and insidious white privilege can be. I had just loaded a bunch of new avatars from the 1800s for folks to […]
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How did I not know that The Guild had a new music video that combined my love of The Guild and Bollywood? People, you are supposed to keep me apprised of such things by linking repeatedly to them. That’s what the internet is for. See? Here it is!
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If you are a LibraryThing member you can come plague me with difficult questions. The folks there are asking some good questions but I know you can come up with even more difficult ones. Drop by LibraryThing to chat with me.
Until Sept 26 I’m doing an Author Chat at LibraryThing Read More »
The Tor/Forge blog has a Giveaway for The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman. I got to read an ARC of this novel and absolutely loved it. You want this book. Don’t wait. Go enter the contest right now.
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On Sunday, as part of a nationwide celebration of Strange Horizons‘ 10th anniversary, six Pacific Northwest authors gather to read selected shorts from the magazine at Case Study Coffee. Case Study was a great host and we had a full house at the reading. Some of the folks came out to see a specific author, others
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This is a radio message from the late Vincent Price on the subject of freedom and prejudice delivered in a radio broadcast of ‘The Saint’ in the late forties.
Vincent Price on freedom and prejudice Read More »
Avast me hearties! I completely fergot that today be Talk Like a Pirate Day. I be havin’ a readin’ at Case Study Coffee with nary a pirate in it. Though we do be havin’ Strange Horizons. Fear not! If ye landlubbers want ta see somethin’ which amuses me, arrr, then click over ta read the
Talk Like A Pirate Day- Shades o’ Grog an’ Honey Read More »
It’s pretty hilarious, watching the faces of the Mr. Nash and the host as the panel goes waaaay off field trying to guess what he does.
The voice of Donald Duck on What’s My Line Read More »
Yeah… that puts things into perspective. And the interstellar travel in your SF story works… how? Powered by handwavium! Oh, well that’s all right then. (spotted on EpicFTW)
A nifty video on the relative scale of things in the universe. Read More »
A recent blog post about the importance of being an involved citizen made me realize that I have been a moral coward and need to stop. I have not blogged about the controversy around the Park 51 Islamic Cultural Center because of two things: a) other people have already expressed my thoughts better than I
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A Study of Reading Habits has a nice review of Shades of Milk and Honey Dirty, Sexy Books gives Shades of Milk and Honey 4 stars “Brain Candy for a Lazy Afternoon.” Bookshelves of Doom says “Mary Robinette Kowal’s writing is both descriptive and tight — again and again, a few lines would give me a
A link salad of reviews for Shades of Milk and Honey Read More »
This is what happens on a rainy afternoon when I get a tiny bit restless and bored. I saw someone’s avatar of a Girl with the Pearl Earring and the way the headscarf fell reminded me of Oola from Star Wars and um… Ta-da! Note: The crackle on her horn/ear things annoys me but at
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This month, Strange Horizons is celebrating their 10th anniversary. The magazine has a special place in my heart because I made my first professional sale there. As part of a nationwide celebration, six Pacific Northwest authors will read selected shorts from the magazine at Case Study Coffee. Ken Brady Tina Connolly Brenda Cooper Mary Robinette
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This all kinds of awesome. Or at least, for a puppeteer it is and I think it’s pretty keen even if you aren’t geeking out about it the way I am.
Jim Henson explains puppetry in 1969 Read More »
Jeff Vandermeer interviewed me for Amazon.com’s Omnivoracious blog. He asked only three questions about Shades of Milk and Honey and I can guarantee that you haven’t heard me answer them before. The questions? If your novel were a meal, what would it be? If your novel were a piece of music, who would have composed
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