oldest words in English identified
The BBC tells us that the oldest words in English have been identified. (Via Heroic Age.) I feel as though I should…
Read moreMonth: February 2009
Nebulous
Woo hoo! Kelley’s novella, Dangerous Space, is a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award. You can read it free here. And, y’know,…
Read moreshortcovers: brilliance, beauty, risk
I just posted my 2001 Liverpool* Guest of Honour speech,“Brilliance, Beauty, Risk” on Shortcovers. Shortcovers is a website of stuff–fiction and not–to…
Read moreduck on fire
Kelley did a guest post yesterday over at Learning Voyager. It’s all about how fear kills focus and yet, paradoxically, how focus…
Read moreNotes from Walnut Tree Farm
A year or two ago I came across this review in Publishers Weekly of a book by Roger Deakin, Wildwood: In this…
Read moremigration, climate change, war
A bunch of climate change negotiator bigwigs got stranded together overnight in Cape Town on their way to Antarctica. They chatted about…
Read moreI like to headbutt windows
On her blog this morning Kelley played with the current Facebook meme ‘likes to’. I gave it a go. All I can…
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