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By way of clarification…
Yesterday’s post about swapfic? Not the only thing to be said about swapfic. Nor, incidentally, do I think that every incidence of swapfic is something that someone has written with the intention of producing a trans narrative. Nor am I in any way outraged by the existence of swapfic. I don’t regard it as a [...]
I’m crazy, but my pen’s got a built-in laser.
It’s Tuesday night, and I’m at the library with a huge paper cup of Earl Gray (hot, milk, two sugars), a pen that has a laser in it, and a FREE JELLY DONUT. Yeah, so Tuesday night rocks pretty hard. If you’ve been reading for a little while, you’ll probably be aware that 2010 is [...]
Super Duper Friday Link Dump
How is it Friday? How did this happen? How brilliant! I’m so excited. I just want to roll around in this whole weekend thing. – Lambda Literary is looking for contributors. They’ve got a list of things they’re looking for, but are open to more by the look of things. Be sure to check out [...]
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 [...]
It only hurts if you try.
Week one back in the clutches of Dread Mistress Chloie, and already my anxiety level has gone through the roof. It’s not surprising, since I’ve put a lot of emotional eggs into the ’2010 is a book year’ basket since before November, even. That I’m experiencing a solid case of the screaming crazies should surprise [...]
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 [...]
Things! Stuff!
Spent an extraordinarily productive evening with my dread mistress Chloie last night. She had project work that needed doing and I had a story that needed plotting, and so we kept one another more or less in line until things were sorted. That turned out to be much closer to 3 AM than could possibly [...]
Say what now?
Today’s interesting thing: Claire Light writes about the apparent gap between women and PoC who are interested in writing and women and PoC who submit their work to major and/or mainstream markets. I confess to having trouble getting into the meat of her post without clenching my teeth. Light complains about how few women and [...]
Rookie Mistakes
For the last week and change, I’ve been working almost exclusively on a single story. In its final draft I anticipate that it’s going to clock in at about 3,500 words. Being halfway through the heavy lifting of the second draft, I can say that I think it’s going to be a readable and satisfying [...]
Adventures in e-Publishing, Cat Valente is right about everything ever, and night of the (not-gay!) living dead
It’s still February, which means my essay, “Writing Our Own (Alternate) Histories,” is still in this month’s issue of Crossed Genres. If you’ve got the time and inclination, check it out! Speaking of things you can read without pulping trees first, Aleksandr Voinov is doing an experiment. He’s posted his and Raev Gray’s short story, [...]