Barack Obama, redux
Barack Obama has again been talking about quiltbag rights (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and allies–still haven’t decided out what…
Read moreMonth: June 2008
Ammonite will turn you queer
According to io9.com, Ammonite will turn you queer, if only for a nanosecond. So will Torchwood, and The Man Who Folded Himself,…
Read moreupdate on publishing stuff
I’ve just read a long (but not too long) blog post by Moonrat, an editor (via Nathan Bransford). It says a lot…
Read moreour twentieth anniversary
In honour of our twentieth anniversary today, I’ve added three pictures of me and Kelley to my website: from 1992, 2006, and…
Read morequotes, an occasional series, #3: manufacture of stories
Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand — a business as safe and…
Read moreuh-oh, I’m a Nazgul
So, be nice to me, people. Turns out I’m a Nazgul. Except, oof, sometimes it says I’m a Balrog. Very confusing. Anyway,…
Read moreObama is pissing me off
Obama is pissing me off. Seriously pissing me off. This whole ‘marriage is between one man and one woman thing’ (reiterated earlier…
Read moreabsolutely true…
I’ve just finished Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (thanks for the rec, Jill). It’s a good book. I…
Read moreinterview up
An update on yesterday’s post: the Suite101.com interview is up. It’s in four parts. Here’s the first. Follow links to the rest….
Read moreparty time, excellent
So I’ve just loaded onto my website a whole bunch of photos and excerpts of And Now We Are Going to Have…
Read moreQuotes, an occasional series, #2: Young Adult adventure
I came across an old amazon.com bookmark last week, one of those beautifully designed freebies they used to send out in the…
Read moresad week
Sorry I’ve been absent for a while. Our valiant cat, Zackary, died. He’d been with us for nearly seventeen years. Working from…
Read moretears tears tears!
From: Ulla I just finished reading your memoir – the tears haven’t dried properly on my cheeks!!! The last page took half-an-hour…
Read morehappy day in the Eskridge-Griffith household
A friend of mine, Ellen Emerson White, just came up with a very, very cool idea, a gesture that Obama could and…
Read moremind the gap
An interesting article about gender difference in maths and reading test scores in this week’s economist, ‘Vital Statistics‘: Luigi Guiso of the…
Read moredoes winning make me happy?
From: Miele I wish you congratulations on your LAMBDA award. Now there is something I am always thinking about when people win…
Read morevideo of me reading
Here are two videos of me reading at Hugo House from my memoir, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party….
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