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I don’t think this trope means what you think it means.
There’s been a fair bit of discussion here and there about transness in fiction sparked by this post that I linked to a few days ago. The more I think about it, and the more I discuss this with people I like and trust, the more I feel like my stance on stories in which [...]
(not)Friday Linkdump
Because if I sit on any of this much longer these things are going to hatch. And then the dogs will bark and chase them around and eat them and then where will we be? I ask you. Also, I am on holiday and am therefore having really terrible trouble remembering what day it is [...]
Friday link round-up
This is turning into a habit. Writing: my friend J.C. Hay’s short piece over at The Samhellion about characters and personal ritual. Writing: The full results for Jim Hines’ novel survey. Now with more math! And pictures! Hey, remember that thing that was going around about the portion/plate sizes in Last Supper depictions getting bigger [...]
Dumb news, Good news, Weird news.
It’s been an interesting week and a half. Lots of things on my plate, lots of changes. My word count tanked last week, but things seem to be much more on track since yesterday. Buzzy, lots to do, etc. There’s an interesting article from The Guardian about a crime novelist being sued for using a [...]
Friday link round-up
I recently updated Firefox. As a habitual tab hoarder, I’m not sure I love the way this new version seems to try and group new tabs when they open. I don’t quite understand the crazy moon logic. What was so bad about just chucking it to the end over there on the right? ~ * [...]
Five links, laughing at myself
Links: – A brief essay by Margaret Atwood on science fiction. – 1978 Dating Game winner turns out to be serial killer/rapist. Because 1970s Game Shows weren’t creepy enough. – Lupa writes about racism in non-indigenous shamanism. – Death Bear may be the most beautiful idea I’ve encountered in a while. – A long, but [...]
Two links, three posts in progress, and The Book
Two links that have me thinking, both in general and in terms of story fodder: – How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Poppy Garden from Public Memory Does exactly what it says on the tin. Sort of chilling in a fear v. history sort of way, and a good example of how ideas and [...]
Sick day = blogging day + soup.
Jim C. Hines has signal-boosted the Library of the Living Dead queer zombie antho thing. Like him, I’ve been looking for more info (or even acknowledgment) from Library of the Living Dead about the whole thing. More news as I stumble across it, I suppose. ~*~ Researchers are studying the origins of certain well-known fairy [...]