inbox zero — a poll
I remember the last century fondly. In 1996 email management was easy: answer it all the same day, every day. Inbox Zero…
Read moreMonth: June 2009
the world has changed…
…and it’s a good thing. Look at these two young women. They’ve just been voted “best couple” by their senior class at…
Read morewhen potlucks work
It was cool to meet so many of our neighbours–some people who have only been here for a year or two and…
Read moreneighbours and the apocalypse
It’s getting towards the end of Life Away From Keyboard week. I should be back, paying full attention, on Monday. Today we’re…
Read morelife is good
I met Kelley 21 years ago today. I’m still delighted. And so far we’re having a practically perfect day. I wonder if…
Read moretell it to the tomatoes
This is still Life Away from Keyboard week. Here for your ponderation is an article from the Telegraph: Women gardeners’ voices speed…
Read moremen are afraid…
I promised a while ago that I’d write a piece on The Woman Question, that is, my approach to gender in historical…
Read morevid
Last year, FoAN Karina Meléndez made Sun on Dragonfly, a video response to my story, “Touching Fire.” It blew me away. I’d…
Read moreI need a goaticon!
(I actually like this goat better, by Brad Fitzpatrick, but my budget won’t stretch anymore this month.) Anyone out there good with…
Read moretown and country
William Boyd has an interesting article in the Guardian: Angus Wilson (1913-1991), novelist and short story writer, identified what he called an…
Read morewomen fathering children?
From the Globe & Mail: In the new Canadian film The Baby Formula, opening later this week, two lesbians become pregnant using…
Read moredinner dinner, yum yum
Last night we ate a pre-anniversary dinner at Rover’s. We opted for their ‘Twist on a Classic’ prix fixe, which was delicious…
Read moreI am confused. Obama is confused.
Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press Tonight, President Obama is scheduled to announce benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees. The Los Angeles Times says…
Read morea Hollywood realisation
Last night I was watching Outlander (yes, I really was; yes, it was deeply mediocre; no, Jim Caviezel does not smile) and…
Read moretake me away from it all…
I read an article in the Guardian a couple of days ago, which I’ve been pondering on and off since: “[A]s more…
Read morehit by a meteorite and lives
Wow, when this boy grows up, he’ll be getting free drinks in return for his story for the rest of his life….
Read moreThe Blue Place – AN
From: Alexandra I hope this message gets to you, I just wanted to say how much your book has touched my heart….
Read moreiPhone is a Kindle killer?
Ann Kirschner, university dean of William E. Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York and the author of Sala’s…
Read moreit’s a level 6 pandemic
According to the Guardian, “The World Health Organisation told its member states today that swine flu has become the first pandemic in…
Read moreThe Last Legion
Oooh. Cool. (Via Per Omnia Saecula.) Swords! Ponies! Magic! I am such a sucker for these things…
Read morebut I never left! (or did I?)
io9 has a nifty article up, “4 Authors We Wish Would Return to Science Fiction.” Me, Mary Doria Russel, Samuel R. Delany,…
Read moreare women human?
Joe Sherry, the blogger who wrote yesterday’s lovely review of Ammonite, has today reprinted (with my permission) my Author’s Note, written in…
Read morerich and round and sound as a nut
Yesterday was one of those days that, while perfectly ordinary in many ways, was an absolute gift. The weather was beautiful: low…
Read moreclarification and apology
In my post this morning I said, in part, “I think writing classes are like therapy: if you need more than twelve…
Read morecan creative writing be taught? a poll
Recently, Kelley and I have been discussing ways we might be able to help other writers learn their craft. One of the…
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