Nicola Griffith

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

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Month: August 2009

what have I been up to?

I’m not going to tell you. Yet. But I’ve been up to a lot of things, including working with Kelley on a…

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Posted on August 31, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

misty morning

It’s very quiet here today. Mist is drifting in veils through the trees in the ravine. Everything smells of the sea. At…

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Posted on August 30, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

frail icon fight

I lost six minutes of my life yesterday afternoon making anagrammes of my name. My favourites: aching foil riftoligarch fin fitfag ironic…

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Posted on August 27, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

one dozen roses…

I’ve been tired the last little while (it’s family stuff, very draining; and, no, I don’t want to discuss it here) and…

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Posted on August 26, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

rewatching Xena

Kelley and I have just finished re-watching the first season of Xena: Warrior Princess. This is the first time I’ve seen some…

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Posted on August 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

calling all queer writers in the north east: party!

Just got this. It looks like a great opportunity for queer writers of all stripes and persuasions to meet, drink some free…

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Posted on August 23, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

legacy publishers and Jane Friedman’s next thing

I just came across the video interview at paidContent.org, of Jane Friedman and Larry Kirschbaum. It’s 40+ minutes, but Samantha Ettus asks…

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Posted on August 22, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

new story out in October

I have a new story, “It Takes Two,” due out in October. (Do you know how long it’s been since I wrote…

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Posted on August 20, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

reminder about Author August

Tomorrow it’s my day in the sun over at Author Central. I wonder if anyone will post anything I don’t know :)…

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Posted on August 20, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

my younger self chats

Ooooh, here’s something I forgot existed, an online chat I did for Event Horizon in January, 1999, just a few months after…

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Posted on August 19, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

the Outer Alliance

Welcome a new blog, the Outer Alliance, which intends to function “on three levels: education, support, and celebration of LGBT contributions in…

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Posted on August 18, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

marketing can kill

Kelley pointed me to this post on Nikki’s Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily. It’s about how the stubborness of an arrogant and unimaginative…

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Posted on August 18, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

science, European style

This is how the European Union is promoting science careers: (thanks, Angelique) I miss Europe.

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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

sex, body-swapping, and quadriplegics in spaaace

Thin, straight, genius, virgin quadriplegic swaps body with gorgeous able-bodied lesbian, has sex with a boy, saves world. Really (oh, okay, in…

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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

reminder: K day at Author Central

Today is Kelley’s day at Science Fiction Message Board. Every year they have a month dedicated to discussion of one author a…

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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

class, history, and the LGBT movement

I’ve just read (yeah, I’m behind, again) an interview Charlotte Abbott did with Martin Duberman in the Advocate last month. A new…

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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

swords, glowy magic, and dark covers of meaninglessness

Over at Tim Holman’s Orbit blog there’s a chart detailing the results of Caitlin The Intern’s recent toil: totting up the elements…

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Posted on August 14, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lambda Literary news

News from the Lambda Literary Foundation: LOS ANGELES, CA, August 6, 2009 – The Board of Trustees of the Lambda Literary Foundation…

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Posted on August 14, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

MS miracle cure

Yes, I have seen this: MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s own immune response attacks the central nervous system,…

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Posted on August 13, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

reminder about K day at Author Central

On Saturday it’s Kelley’s turn in the spotlight at Author Central. Authors they’ve had so far: 8/1 Alfred Bester8/2 William Tenn (Phillip…

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Posted on August 13, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

got what it takes?

I’m stupid crazy busy with three different things, so I don’t have much to talk about this week. But I did take…

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Posted on August 12, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

goddammit

Goddammit. Here I am, working on Hild–the biggest project I’ve ever undertaken–and I get slammed in the head by yet another idea…

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Posted on August 10, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ukraine’s got talent

This is an astonishing mix of art, music, history and drama. All done with sand. (via @bostonbibliophl, @ryenna, @abbylibrarian) I did something…

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Posted on August 9, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

recently read: The Strain

About a month ago I downloaded to my Kindle the sample chapter of The Strain, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan….

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Posted on August 9, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

pints and parcels

I love my country: The UK’s Royal Mail makes some 40 million unsuccessful first-time delivery attempts per year, causing no end of…

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Posted on August 8, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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