New Game of Thrones teaser
http://www.hbo.com/bin/hboPlayerV2.swf?vid=1145144 Oooh. Can’t wait! Though before the series begins we’ll have to figure out how we’re going to get it. I loathe…
Read moreMonth: November 2010
Oh, what I’d give for one of Hild’s teeth!
Eadgyth and Otto, Cathedral of MagdeburgWikimedia Commons I am utterly jealous of those who study or write about Queen Eadgyth (pronounced by…
Read moreDazed and dozy
I’m going to take the day off. Have a good one. I’ll be back tomorrow with an update on Hild.
Read moreEvergreens and icicles
Thanksgiving morning: a closeup of the icicle frozen in mid-pour over the rhododendron bush outside Kelley’s office. For some reason it pleased…
Read more"Your brilliant book, Always": a copy editing tale
From: Kit Not really a question; rather, a sincere ‘thank you’; I have just read Always while working in Grand Cayman, and…
Read moreA writer’s Thanksgiving
I am grateful for the language, brought on boats across the North Sea, grown from the land, sliced and spiced by Normans…
Read moreUN says: Okay to kill queers
While the UN doesn’t actually say, “It’s okay to kill queers, go on, set ’em on fire, we’ll watch,” it no longer…
Read moreWhat a difference a day makes
So here’s a shot of the garden outside my office window Sunday morning. (Taken through a screened and shut double-paned window therefore…
Read moreMy iThing rocks the thunderdome
On Thursday, I got an iPod Touch 64 GB. I didn’t have much time on Friday to play with it but yesterday,…
Read moreI declare a holiday
In which there will be no blogging except to say I’ll be playing with Hild and then playing with my iThing (iPod…
Read moreEnglish people can’t speak American
On this lovely November Saturday, three things for you delectation and delight. A great review of Kelley’s Dangerous Space by Terry Weyna,…
Read moreCarl Brandon Society drawing: win an eReader
Pay one dollar for a chance to win a pre-loaded Nook, Kobo Reader, or Alex eReader and support an emerging writer of…
Read moreDADT repeal to come to a vote?
So. Sen. Harry Reid has promised to bring Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal to a vote before the end of the year….
Read moreSlate grey
This is the screen shot from my iGoogle yesterday afternoon. Clear and simple. The morning, though, was beautiful and strange: slate grey…
Read moreAlways back in paperback, hurrah!
Always is back in town: finally, the trade paperback has been reprinted. Just in time to buy the whole three-book package for…
Read more‘Humankind’ vs. ‘Mankind’
In the battle that is Humankind vs. Mankind we all know who would win: for one thing, there are more than twice…
Read moreMy life on the intarwub: random numbers
As I’ve spent the last few days doing nothing but work on Hild, I have nothing of substance to say about anything…
Read moreSalmon are running!
(Thanks, Jennifer) I haven’t been to the park for more than a week. It seems the fish don’t need my help. But,…
Read moreLaburnum, Lilac, Laurel, RIP
all gone Our neighbours have just cut down a whole row of trees and shrubs, so many I can’t bear to name…
Read moreGratuitous tree shot
Every autumn I take photos of the sherbet-coloured leaves on the trees outside my office window. Every autumn I end up with…
Read moreWhen a boy asks you if you like sci-fi…
photo by Jennifer Durham Or, “How Others See Us.” It was taken at Beth’s Cafe on Sunday afternoon. Beth’s is a 24-hour…
Read moreWe did it! Thank you!
The Lambda Literary Foundation has reached its goal–two weeks early–to raise $10,000 for the Chuck Forester Challenge Grant. More than half the…
Read moreI’m going to Hell (the sixth level, the City of Dis)
Hild proceeds apace. To keep you amused while I’m in the seventh century I give you the Dante’s Inferno Test (via Jonathan…
Read moreCan queer authors write straight characters?
photo: Lambda Literary A few weeks ago I did one of those ten-questions-by-email roundup interviews (with Gena Hymowech) for Lambda Literary on…
Read moreStrange light
The light is strange here this morning. Perhaps it’s just the time change, but the leaves of the trees just outside my…
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Nicola Griffith 