Nicola Griffith

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

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Month: March 2012

Unexpected pleasures

A few days ago Kelley and I went to Carkeek Park, just to trundle about and smell spring. We stopped by the…

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Posted on March 31, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Support an emerging quiltbag writer

In August the Lambda Literary Foundation will hold it’s fifth Emerging Voices writers’ workshop/retreat for quiltbag writers. (LLF uses the term LGBT but…

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Posted on March 30, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Bump!

This morning I’ve been playing with the coolest toys: Bump, and Bump Pay apps (those are iPhone app links, but they’re also…

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Posted on March 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich died the day before yesterday. This is a quote from Rich from Victoria Brownworth’s obituary piece at Lambda Literary: Whatever…

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Posted on March 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Origins of Hild, part II

[This is a continuation of Origins of Hild, part I, which was a response to a reader question. Everything between the triple asterisks…

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Posted on March 28, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Origins of Hild, part I

From: Kate where did hild come from? i recall aud was first a dream but what was the inspiration for hild? …maybe…

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Posted on March 27, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Three good books

I read Beyond Binary, ed. Brit Mandelo, this last week. Seventeen stories of genderqueer and sexually fluid people living, laughing, lusting and…

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Posted on March 26, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Winter to the west, spring in the east

The last two days we’ve had practically perfect Seattle spring weather: wall to wall sunshine and 58°. Trees are blooming insanely (I’m…

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Posted on March 25, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Dirty Old Town

This is “Dirty Old Town,” by Ewan MacColl. As Prospero, the Economist art blog, points out: “Although about Salford, it could be…

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Posted on March 24, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

22-minute Game of Thrones featurette

Not much that’s new, but some tantalising glimpses of luscious scenery. And in just over a week, we’ll see the beginning of…

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Posted on March 23, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Fast car…

Today I got my haircut. One of the tracks that was playing was a weird cover–by a white boy–of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast…

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Posted on March 23, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Is Aud butch?

From Joslyn You probably get this question all the time, but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere online, and the ardent fangirl…

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Posted on March 22, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Publishing history of the Aud novels, part III

[Recap of Part I and Part II: The Blue Place was published in 1998 by Avon, which was then absorbed by HarperCollins;…

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Posted on March 21, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Publishing history of the Aud novels, part II

[A continuation of Part I, in which The Blue Place, originally titled Penny in My Mouth, is published by Avon.] What I…

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Posted on March 20, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Publishing history of the Aud novels, part 1

From: Kate 1) I always wondered why the three aud stories came from different publishing houses? it breaks my heart to hear…

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Posted on March 19, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Blog tweakage

Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…

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Posted on March 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

New Prometheus trailer

Edited at 6 pm: I had the wrong trailer. This one is much, much better. Oh this looks so cool! Scott is…

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Posted on March 17, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

One of Hild’s relatives?

I wrote a long post for my Hild blog, Gemæcca. It’s all about a new archaeological find: a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon woman found…

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Posted on March 17, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Too cool for school

One afternoon last month, my father dragged out the photo album. (No, not a typo; there’s only one.) The pictures are carefully…

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Posted on March 16, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The last time I’ll answer this question

From: Sue Reilly I can only assume you’ve been asked this many times, so I apologize up front. But, are you planning…

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Posted on March 15, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Randomhouse Author Portal

I’ve been playing with the Randomhouse Author Portal: RH have done an excellent job. I can now access all my sales data–including…

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Posted on March 14, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Caught up on email

I’m now caught up on email after my trip to the UK. If you haven’t heard from me by now, your email…

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Posted on March 13, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

MS is not a disease of the immune system

Dr Angelique Corthals’ magisterial reframing of MS as a result of faulty lipid metabolism, first published three months ago in the Quarterly…

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Posted on March 12, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spring is coming

I loathe and detest the time change. It’s pointless. And irritating. But it’s a marker of spring. Plus, our flowers never lie….

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Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Song of Ice and Fire speculative map

I 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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Posted on March 10, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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