Nicola Griffith

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Month: April 2010

Psephology

Thanks to the ever-splendid Economist, I discovered a new word this week: psephology, the study of elections, voting patterns and electoral behaviour,…

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Posted on April 30, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Falling in love, again

On Sunday, Kelley and I had friends over for dinner to celebrate them moving in together. To mark the occasion we served…

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Posted on April 27, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Torture tree

I know the weather is about to change when the torture tree, the last holdout, starts to green. Here’s the tree on…

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Posted on April 25, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

What to do after you get drunk…

Busy today, so go read the links for writers post on Sterling: some nifty stuff on what to search for just before…

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Posted on April 23, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Did I expect this?

Over on Facebook a couple of days ago someone asked me if I had expected “this kind of recognition” (Locus and Hugo…

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Posted on April 22, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Blurred air

The night before last I stood out on the deck by the ravine. It was sometime around three in the morning. The…

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Posted on April 21, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Gay superhero pride

From the New York Times: DIM lighting. Rendezvous-friendly nooks. Muscled bartenders. Pulsating dance music. At first glance, it could be any Saturday…

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Posted on April 20, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Locus Award finalist — a dilemma

I’ve just found out that “It Takes Two” is a Locus Award finalist. I’m in some fine company, including two of my…

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Posted on April 19, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Egg-shaped house

Here’s an egg-shaped home office for the garden, or an emergency living pod. Or, well, something. Pretty nifty. Though not the bouncy…

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Posted on April 17, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

queering sf, and comics, and hospital visits

Batwoman is getting her own series, yay! Matt Staggs’ piece in Suvudu: DC Comics announced Wednesday that Batwoman will have her own…

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Posted on April 16, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Adèle Blanc-Sec

Luc Besson’s latest: (thanks Angélique) Based on Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec, by Jacques Tardi. It looks like a great pile o’…

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Posted on April 13, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Clarion West Executive Director. Apply Now.

Clarion West, the peoplel who run the fabbest writers’ workshop in the world, is looking for a quarter-time Executive Director. You can…

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Posted on April 12, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Thoughts on the short story

Over at Sterling Editing, we have our usual roundup of links for writers. The most interesting, for me, is the BBC Story…

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Posted on April 9, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Wow: The Elements–what an iPad textbook can look like

(via eBookNewser) The 3-D option is particularly nifty. I’m thinking what an amazing iPad version I could make of And Now We…

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Posted on April 8, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Life is good

Busy doing stuff. But I thought you might like a photo of some of my Easter chocolate. Naturally, they no longer look…

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Posted on April 8, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

If you’d like to buy me a present

photo: Sotheby’s According to the Guardian: Sotheby’s has announced it is to sell an extremely rare and perfectly conditioned first edition of…

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Posted on April 7, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Emerging LGBT Voices Writers’ Retreat

The faculty have been announced for the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging LGBT Voices Writing Retreat. And, hey, I’m one of them. Emerging…

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Posted on April 6, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Complete list of Hugo Nominees

Lifted whole from the AussieCon4 website: The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They…

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Posted on April 5, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

W00t! I’m a Hugo Finalist!

My very first! For “It Takes Two,” which first appeared in Jonathan Strahan’s Eclipse 3. I’m getting this live from Twitter (follow…

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Posted on April 4, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

No one has the right to live their life without being shocked

Happy Easter. I grew up Catholic so Easter is all about the chocolate for me. But I know some of you think…

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Posted on April 4, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Chief Electricity Officer

The best summation I’ve seen so far of Apple’s iPad is from Sarah Rotman Epps of Forrester Research. (Link via Babbage.) The…

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Posted on April 2, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I think we need a new car

I think we need a new car.

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Posted on April 1, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I love The Economist, but I doubt we’ll date

I read The Economist cover to cover every week. I’m especially enamoured of their Special Reports, particularly Technology Quarterly, so I was…

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Posted on April 1, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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