Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: July 2011

Rong

This morning I woke up to find the house so cold I had to turn the heat on. It’s practically August. This…

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Posted on July 31, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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…

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Posted on July 30, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Unbound: 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…

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Posted on July 29, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Am 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…

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Posted on July 28, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Knights 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…

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Posted on July 27, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Garden 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…

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Posted on July 26, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Aud origin stories

Always is the third Aud novel. It was the book in which I was determined to get to the bottom of what…

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Posted on July 25, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Honeysuckle and kadsura

A while ago our neighbours tore down some trees and left us no privacy to the west of the house. So we…

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Posted on July 24, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Bubble 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…

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Posted on July 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Twelve hours

I’ve had an interesting twelve hours. A late dinner with Charlie Stross, followed by breakfast with Malcolm Edwards. I last saw them…

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Posted on July 22, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite, 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…

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Posted on July 21, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

78 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…

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Posted on July 20, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Time 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…

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Posted on July 15, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Only 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…

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Posted on July 15, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Book 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…

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Posted on July 14, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More 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…

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Posted on July 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Second 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…

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Posted on July 12, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lame 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.

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Posted on July 11, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Muse or ogre?

On Friday, Kelley and I were invited as ‘Mystery Muses’ to talk to the 2011 batch of Clarion West victims students. We…

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Posted on July 10, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Speak with authority

I like strong opinions held weakly. Say what you mean, mean what you say and be prepared to listen and change your…

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Posted on July 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More 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…

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Posted on July 8, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The 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…

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Posted on July 7, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Naked 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…

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Posted on July 6, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Naked 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…

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Posted on July 5, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Boom-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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Posted on July 4, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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