Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: June 2008

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…

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Posted on June 30, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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,…

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Posted on June 30, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

update 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…

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Posted on June 27, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

our 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…

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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

quotes, 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…

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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

uh-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,…

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Posted on June 21, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Obama 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…

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Posted on June 20, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

absolutely 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…

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Posted on June 19, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

interview 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….

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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

party 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…

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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Quotes, 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…

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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

sad 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…

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Posted on June 14, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

tears 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…

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Posted on June 9, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

happy 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…

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Posted on June 5, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

mind 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…

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Posted on June 4, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

does 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…

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Posted on June 3, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

video 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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Posted on June 2, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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