Ash, by Malinda Lo
Ash is Malinda Lo’s first novel. It’s Cinderella retold: In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy…
Read moreAsh is Malinda Lo’s first novel. It’s Cinderella retold: In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy…
Read moreToday I’m going to point you to my Sterling Editing blog post, about why I like to edit and coach other writers….
Read moreWe are having perfect weather here in Seattle. Blue skies, bright sun, cold nights. The spiders are spinning webs everywhere, munching up…
Read moreAs promised, here is the letter of clarification regarding the guidelines for the 2009 Lambda Literary Awards nominations process. Katherine Forrest is…
Read moreAs some of you already know I’m on the board of the Lambda Literary Foundation. We’ve been going through some changes lately:…
Read morePhoto by David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Oh. My. God. There’s a new find in Staffordshire, a hoard of luscious,…
Read moreKelley will be teaching a splendid new 6-week short fiction class, starting January 27th, at Seattle’s Hugo House. It’s called “The Whole…
Read moreOn Wednesday my computer started making horrible grinding noises. On Thursday, the city, doing work up the street, abruptly cut our power…
Read moreMy computer is offline. Grinding fan noise yesterday, followed by monitor death. I’ll sort it all out and be back (hopefully) Monday….
Read moreIt’s here: my notion of flash fiction. Which turns out to be pretty different to everyone else’s notion. What a surprise… Some…
Read moreLast night I was catching up on my reading and came across a snippet in the New Scientist: the winners in a…
Read moreIf you’re willing to buy a copy of this week’s New Scientist, the special science fiction edition, then you’re invited to the…
Read moreIn the New York Times, Michael Agger reviews Lev Grossman‘s fantasy novel, The Magicians. He sneers at it. He thinks it “sounds…
Read moreAnother triumph for science. This news just in: studies show that early risers crash faster than people who stay up late. No…
Read moreYesterday in Seattle was a record high: 87°. Today it will be just as warm. So I’ll be spending the day in…
Read moreBusy day today (involving, among many other things, driver’s licence renewal), so I’m just going to link to today’s Sterling Editing blog,…
Read moreIf you don’t subscribe to the New Scientist, you’re missing out. (Yeah, yeah, they do talk about slime mould but, hey, no…
Read moreWow. We launched Sterling Editing yesterday and the response has been fabulous. For one thing, the bounce rate for the website is…
Read moreKelley and I are proud to announce the launch of Sterling Editing: editing, mentoring and coaching for writers. If you want to…
Read morePhoto by KeresH from Wikipedia, licenced under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Do you ever feel as though the world is moving…
Read moreWe’ve had a blazing summer in Seattle: a record number of days over 90°F*, minuscule rainfall, and one unbelievable day of 103°…
Read moreYesterday was our anniversary. We took the day off: ten whole hours without screens and keyboards and connectivity. So what did we…
Read moreSixteen years ago today I married Kelley and she married me: I think you’ve seen that picture before but here’s one I’m…
Read moreI love this. (Via Cheryl.) Just love it. It’s my answer to the people (I use the word loosely) who put Referendum…
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