Rong
This morning I woke up to find the house so cold I had to turn the heat on. It’s practically August. This…
Read moreMonth: July 2011
Clutter vs. clarity
Just thought you might like to see my desktop. The more cluttered my life gets, the cleaner I keep my workspace. It’s…
Read moreUnbound: nothing new
I admit to some mystification about media excitement surrounding Unbound. See, for example, this Fast Company article, about Unbound’s “crowd-financed, spine-tingling effort…
Read moreAm I writing? Am I burning?
I was struck yesterday by Saeed Jones’s post on LambdaLiterary.org, “The Ferocity: Fierce Manifest.” Fierce is Helene Cixous demanding in The School…
Read moreKnights of Badassdom and Our Lady of Sunnydale
Oh, I’m going to have to go see this one. Maybe I’ll wear my new Buffy t-shirt: Sadly, you can no longer…
Read moreGarden apocalypse
A couple of days ago I updated our garden/fence/privacy situation. I was feeling pleased with myself. Ha! Yesterday morning I was woken…
Read moreAud origin stories
Always is the third Aud novel. It was the book in which I was determined to get to the bottom of what…
Read moreHoneysuckle and kadsura
A while ago our neighbours tore down some trees and left us no privacy to the west of the house. So we…
Read moreBubble and Sass
Kelley has reached $2,500 in sponsorship for her Clarion West daily write-a-thon work. She’s written some brilliant stuff, and you have all…
Read moreTwelve hours
I’ve had an interesting twelve hours. A late dinner with Charlie Stross, followed by breakfast with Malcolm Edwards. I last saw them…
Read moreAmmonite, Slow River, and Gollancz’s SF Gateway
My first two novels, long out of print in the UK, will soon be available again in non-US English territories. The digital…
Read more78 minutes of summer
I’m back online. I have a lot to catch up on. Tomorrow I’ll write something about writing, but today I just want…
Read moreTime to focus on Hild
I’ve reached a crucial stage of Hild. I need to dwell in the seventh century for a while. I’m pulling the ethernet…
Read moreOnly 5 writeathon slots left
Kelley is writing a new fiction every day to raise money for the Clarion West write-a-thon. She’s written 26 so far. Each…
Read moreBook Country Twitter chat tonight 9 EST/6 pm PST
Join me and Kelley tonight on Twitter for a #bookcountry chat about writing likable characters. @Book_Country is the “Nerdtastic online genre fiction…
Read moreMore Aud 03 — long
As promised, as a thank you for sponsoring Kelley in her daily write-a-thon in support of Clarion West, here’s more Aud. No…
Read moreSecond Peter Jackson Hobbit production video
(via GITS) As I’ve said before, initially I wasn’t particularly interested in seeing a film of The Hobbit. I loved all three…
Read moreLame is so gay — a rant
Using lame as a derogatory term is as dangerous and ill-considered as using the term gay in the same context. I know. I’m both: I’m a dyke and I have MS. I walk with elbow crutches. I am, literally, lame.
Read moreMuse or ogre?
On Friday, Kelley and I were invited as ‘Mystery Muses’ to talk to the 2011 batch of Clarion West victims students. We…
Read moreSpeak with authority
I like strong opinions held weakly. Say what you mean, mean what you say and be prepared to listen and change your…
Read moreMore Aud
Thanks to all you generous readers, Kelley has hit her $2,250 sponsorship goal for the Clarion West Write-a-Thon. So as a special…
Read moreThe original opening of Always
As promised, here’s a thank you for your support of Kelley’s Clarion West write-a-thon. It’s the original opening for the third Aud…
Read moreNaked writing 02
To balance the woman of yesterday, here’s an unedited closeup of a man: She had never seen a clean-shaven man so close…
Read moreNaked Writing 01
It’s official: Kelley has now reached her goal of $2,000 in sponsorship for her Clarion West write-a-thon work. She’s writing fresh pieces…
Read moreBoom-time machine
I lifted the title for this post from the Economist article of the same name: Radiocarbon dating provides a range, often spanning…
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