iPad guided tours–check out iBooks
Some links relating to Apple’s book plans. Start with this nifty wee guided tour of iBooks (you’ll have to pick iBooks out…
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The miracle of chocolate
We had rain rain rain all day yesterday–but I didn’t care, I had chocolate cloud cake with whipped cream (and dusted with…
Read moreBooks save lives. Queer books save queer lives.
Dear Friend: Books change lives. Sometimes books save lives. Queer books save queer lives. My first novel, Ammonite, was a mass market…
Read moreMy Friday night
Château Léoville Poyferré, a delicious 1995 Saint Julien. One of those practically perfect Bordeaux: fruit, dust, sun-warmed dirt, but with structure. I…
Read moreFuture of the magazine
Paid Content has an interesting article about the iPad and the future of the magazine. I was particularly struck by this: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8217311&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1…
Read moreI’m judging a writing competition
Over at Sterling Editing we have our usual weekly round up of links for writers, including mention of a competition I’m helping…
Read moreLost Man Booker Prize–vote for Mary Renault!
Via Lambda Literary: The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize — a one-off prize to honor the books published in 1970…
Read moreI’m struck by some news today
I’ve been struck by several items of news today, but before I get there, let me urge you to go to Locus…
Read moreRavine World
I’ve been sitting on the deck in the sun, watching, listening, comparing today’s garden and ravine sights and sounds with those of…
Read moreImpatience is not our friend
On Friday, over at Sterling Editing, we did our usual weekly roundup of links for writers, including this one about how, sometimes,…
Read moreThe future of publishing
Penguin are beginning to figure out that the trick to business success is to listen to your customers. That is, the end…
Read moreI’m back!
On Monday I informed the board of the Lambda Literary Foundation that I will be taking a leave of absence until the…
Read moreLambda Literary Award Finalists
Lambda Literary has the news: The news you’ve been waiting for: after four months of reading, deliberating, and consulting, 87 dedicated (and…
Read moreNew Robin Hood trailer
New Robin Hood trailer: http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf(thanks Dianne) Can’t wait for this. Meanwhile, I’m still learning to type…
Read moreBrainfail: digital version
Last Monday Lambda Literary went live. Tuesday, I rested. Wednesday, my computer got weird. Thursday, my hard drive failed. Utterly. I run…
Read moreThe woman on the cover of The Blue Place
From: Penny Love Struck First of all I would like to say I love your work. I enjoy the way your descriptions…
Read moreGame of Thrones: HBO order full series
According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has just greenlit a full ten-episode series based on George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones. All…
Read moreWar Machine, Time Machine (co-written with Kelley Eskridge)
The golden age of queer sf is 20. Or maybe it was the 1970s. Or perhaps it was in France. It’s all relative, like the notion of ‘queer’ itself.
Read moreA fish with no name
I love this fish: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9631208&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 It’s not just what you say from Word Is Up on Vimeo. Why? Dunno, I just do….
Read moreGalleyCat story on Lambda Literary
Woo-hoo! GalleyCat runs a story on Lambda Literary. (Many, many thanks to Jason Boog and particularly to Colleen Lindsay, proprietor of The…
Read moreWorld-changing awesomeosity (and dancing words, and lesbian words–and gay and bi and trans words–and books and books and more books)
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9698245&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Lambda Literary Foundation from Word Is Up on Vimeo. Do I really need to say anything? Go look. We’ll talk later….
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