Unexpected pleasures
A few days ago Kelley and I went to Carkeek Park, just to trundle about and smell spring. We stopped by the…
Read moreA few days ago Kelley and I went to Carkeek Park, just to trundle about and smell spring. We stopped by the…
Read moreIn August the Lambda Literary Foundation will hold it’s fifth Emerging Voices writers’ workshop/retreat for quiltbag writers. (LLF uses the term LGBT but…
Read moreThis morning I’ve been playing with the coolest toys: Bump, and Bump Pay apps (those are iPhone app links, but they’re also…
Read moreAdrienne Rich died the day before yesterday. This is a quote from Rich from Victoria Brownworth’s obituary piece at Lambda Literary: Whatever…
Read more[This is a continuation of Origins of Hild, part I, which was a response to a reader question. Everything between the triple asterisks…
Read moreFrom: Kate where did hild come from? i recall aud was first a dream but what was the inspiration for hild? …maybe…
Read moreI read Beyond Binary, ed. Brit Mandelo, this last week. Seventeen stories of genderqueer and sexually fluid people living, laughing, lusting and…
Read moreThe last two days we’ve had practically perfect Seattle spring weather: wall to wall sunshine and 58°. Trees are blooming insanely (I’m…
Read moreThis is “Dirty Old Town,” by Ewan MacColl. As Prospero, the Economist art blog, points out: “Although about Salford, it could be…
Read moreNot much that’s new, but some tantalising glimpses of luscious scenery. And in just over a week, we’ll see the beginning of…
Read moreToday I got my haircut. One of the tracks that was playing was a weird cover–by a white boy–of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast…
Read moreFrom Joslyn You probably get this question all the time, but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere online, and the ardent fangirl…
Read more[Recap of Part I and Part II: The Blue Place was published in 1998 by Avon, which was then absorbed by HarperCollins;…
Read more[A continuation of Part I, in which The Blue Place, originally titled Penny in My Mouth, is published by Avon.] What I…
Read moreFrom: Kate 1) I always wondered why the three aud stories came from different publishing houses? it breaks my heart to hear…
Read moreBefore Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…
Read moreEdited at 6 pm: I had the wrong trailer. This one is much, much better. Oh this looks so cool! Scott is…
Read moreI wrote a long post for my Hild blog, Gemæcca. It’s all about a new archaeological find: a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon woman found…
Read moreOne afternoon last month, my father dragged out the photo album. (No, not a typo; there’s only one.) The pictures are carefully…
Read moreFrom: Sue Reilly I can only assume you’ve been asked this many times, so I apologize up front. But, are you planning…
Read moreI’ve been playing with the Randomhouse Author Portal: RH have done an excellent job. I can now access all my sales data–including…
Read moreI’m now caught up on email after my trip to the UK. If you haven’t heard from me by now, your email…
Read moreDr Angelique Corthals’ magisterial reframing of MS as a result of faulty lipid metabolism, first published three months ago in the Quarterly…
Read moreI loathe and detest the time change. It’s pointless. And irritating. But it’s a marker of spring. Plus, our flowers never lie….
Read moreI have serious map envy: Created by theMountainGoat and Tear, copyright George RR Martin (via @tordotcom) I urge you to go look…
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