This video just makes me laugh and laugh. And I thought Harriet had an issue with drinking water. (Thanks, -e-!)
Woody the Cat demonstrates his unique approach to drinking water. Read More »
Harriet has taken to drinking out of the bathroom sink. She’s so excited about it that she will sit in the sink waiting for us to come in and turn the water on. The problem is that she’s not very good at it. Frequently, she’ll just shove her head under the running water and let
Our cats have a water fountain. So spoiled. Read More »
(I actually wrote this post in August but saved it as a draft instead of publishing. Whoops!) Way back in 2005, I attended OSC’s Literary BootCamp with Rick Novy. He and I had known each other online, but this was the first time we met in person. We’ve stayed in touch over the years and
Sale! Birthright to 2020 Visions Read More »
This is just a quick note to say that I miss Rob. He’s been away for the last week, helping some friends of ours move to Minneapolis. We’ve talked almost every day but he won’t be home until Wednesday. Bachelorette life is not all it’s cracked up to be. le sigh…
Two more days as a bachelorette Read More »
I had not planned to get a P.O. box. Truly, I just hadn’t thought about how I wanted to handle folks who wanted to have things signed. My plan, if I had one, was that if someone needed to mail me things that I would just give them my home address. Since I’m not comfortable
Debut Author Lessons: Mail and P.O. Boxes Read More »
I’m up in Redmond, WA at Foolscap and having a delightful time. After the hugeness of Dragon*Con it’s nice to be at a small convention that focuses on books. The conversations have been interesting and pretty far-ranging. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of intelligent and well-read people here. Programming has me scheduled heavily, which
Daily Science Fiction is an interesting new SF magazine that works differently than the other online magazines. Basically, you sign up and once a day you get an SF story in your inbox. A week later it goes up live on the site. I find that I’m actually reading most of the short SF stories
American Changeling at Daily Science Fiction Read More »
I just finished reading Brent Week’s new book The Black Prism. I picked this up on a whim after hearing a lot of good things about Brent Weeks. Holy cow. What an amazing ride. He is cruel and vicious to his characters and continually kicks them when they are down. That’s part of what makes
Why it doesn’t matter that there are no new ideas. Read More »
Hey! I’m heading up to Foolscap this weekend and if you are looking for me, here’s my schedule. Sat 11 am – noon (Alder) Class Warriors From Beyond – Class and Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Kyra Freestar, Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Shetterly Sat 130 – 3 pm (Alder) Culture and SF: Sociological Symbiosis – SF/F considered in the abstract
If you are curious about my favorite scene in Shades of Milk and Honey, it’s posted at RT Reviews. They also asked me to tell them a bit about what went into writing the scene. Curious? Head over to read my Favorite Scene From Shades of Milk and Honey at RT Book Reviews. If you
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While I am posting music videos that make me smile, check out OK Go’s newest, “White Knuckles.” With doggies! Via EpicFTW Donate to animal rescue at http://www.okgo.net/dogs
OK Go’s newest music video with doggies! Read More »
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
On continuing to unpack white privilege Read More »
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!
The Guild’s “Game On” Bollywood video Read More »
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.
Giveaway at Tor/Forge’s Blog of: The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman Read More »