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Read moreMonth: March 2011
Learning about trees
While I was writing the first draft of Hild I did my very best to make sure I didn’t contravene what was…
Read moreHard SF and Soft, or Girls v. Boys
Because my brain is full of Hild. Because you’re probably sick of hearing me talk about that. Because I was reminded of…
Read moreDr Who
Oooh, Dr Who Season 6 (or maybe Season 32 is you’re an old-timer like me) is coming… http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf Starts April 23. Not…
Read moreLook! Real blossom! Growing things!
The other day, when I said The alders are doing that feathery thing, a couple of people asked what I meant. I…
Read moreMy novels in French
From: Eve Derrien Bonjour! I hope that your books (all of them) will be one day published in French. I’m waiting for…
Read moreWhere the deer are different
We’ve just spent a few days on Lopez Island, one of the San Juan Islands bang in the middle of the Strait…
Read moreI’m back
I’m back, refreshed and renewed. But, wow, I go away for a few days and when I get back everything’s changed. The…
Read moreA break
Starting today I’m taking a few days away from the internets. Call it a digital detox, a communications cleanse, or, y’know, just…
Read moreWhat I’m reading next
Today Kelley brought home the best haul from the library in an age. I’m itching to get stuck into this pile of…
Read moreThis, right here, is what publishing needs to fix
(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…
Read moreEbook pricing
Two different publishers lost sales to me last night because of price. I had happily read on my Kindle long and juicy…
Read moreNiftyness
So I was footling about on the LLF website (I like to go admire Kelley’s interview every so often–my sweetie!) and came…
Read moreRain rain rain
8 lesbian and bisexual writers you should know
Another list–but I’m actually on this one. From the perspicacious people at eurOut.org: Lists Are Hot: 8 lesbian and bisexual authors you…
Read moreFab chart (but where are all the women?)
Oooh, look at this: (via @MARIADAHVANA via Fastcodesign.com) Full size here. It’s pretty cool. But where are all the women? Where’s the…
Read moreKelley is interviewed on LambdaLiterary.org
Three Four links for you today: LambdaLiterary.org interviews Kelley. “’I’m fascinated by stories of identity, of choices and consequence and big feelings.’…
Read moreReally beginning to piss me off
The other day I finally watched The Social Network. Good film. More about that another time. What struck me was the Netflix…
Read moreAmmonite and Janes Plane
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Which also happens to be the anniversary of the very first performance of my long-ago band, Janes…
Read moreLesbian lit power couples
Yesterday I saw that Flavorwire had posted a list of 10 Real-Life Literary Power Couples. There were no lesbians. So I tweeted…
Read moreLatest report on Hild
I’m nearly two-thirds of the way through reading Hild. Parts of it most definitely rock the thunderdome. Parts of it, well, let’s…
Read moreCoupla pictures for Sunday
I’ve started to read Hild now. I have to say (modesty is not in my DNA) the first hundred pages rock the…
Read moreTwo things that made me laugh out loud this week
Lots of things make me laugh: slapstick humour, sly witticisms, people being exactly themselves, sudden joy, and sheer pleasure. (FYI, being tickled…
Read moreYou can’t game the system
Over the last couple of months or so I’ve chatted with, advised, and/or agreed to provide references for a whole slew of…
Read moreKiss my ring
This morning I talked about a podcast I listened to yesterday. I’ve just remembered something else that came up: writers don’t have…
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