Agile novel development
In the world of modern commerce, ‘agile development’ is one of the nifty catchphrases that entrepreneurs throw about airily. It means, basically,…
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Prettying the potholes
It turns out that one of our neighbours has a puckish sense of humour and an activist streak. It’s a pretty cool…
Read more#FeministSF twitter interview Sunday April 29 11 am/2 pm
Tomorrow at 2 pm EST/11 am PST I’ll be doing a Twitter interview with @traciewelser using the hashtag #FeministSF. These things usually…
Read moreBrit Mandelo interview, part 3 (of 3)
[This is Part 3 of my long, conversational interview with Brit Mandelo, editor of Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and sexually fluid speculative fiction (Lethe Press, April…
Read moreBrit Mandelo interview, part 2 (of 3)
[This is Part 2 of my long, conversational interview with Brit Mandelo, editor of Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and sexually fluid speculative fiction (Lethe Press, April…
Read moreInterview with BEYOND BINARY’S Brit Mandelo, Part 1 (of 3)
This is a long, conversational interview with Brit Mandelo, editor of Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and sexually fluid speculative fiction (Lethe Press, April 2012),…
Read moreCuthbert’s Gospel
This is Cuthbert’s Gospel, the book that was buried at Lindisarne with St Cuthbert sometime after his death in 687. It is…
Read moreLost in the treetops…
I had all sorts of plans yesterday, one being a splendid post about Hild and her (admittedly utterly imaginary) links to Cuthbert’s…
Read moreGod rolls her eyes: Vatican vs. nuns
The Pope is gunning for uppity nuns. That is, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)*, has announced a…
Read morePalimpsest: Review of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson’s memoir revisits the people and events familiar from her first and most famous work, the semi-autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. The two books cover similar ground, but they couldn’t be more different. The first part of Why Be Happy, twice as long as the second, is a scraped clean, rewritten, and embellished palimpsest of Oranges.
Read moreDonate a book for quiltbag YA readers
What a cool idea: Lambda Literary Foundation‘s My Story Book Club for quiltbag YA readers now has a donation programme. My Story aims to…
Read moreSpring is great, patio furniture not so much
Damn, I like spring! I spent the day puttering about catching up on email, basking in the sun, and admiring Kelley while…
Read moreLos Angeles Review of Books
Today the Los Angeles Review of Books went live. And it’s gorgeous: From the About page: The Los Angeles Review of Books…
Read morePulitzers and Oranges
I’m guessing most of you have heard by now that the Pulitzers were announced yesterday. The list interests me for two reasons….
Read moreExciting writing
I taught a whole-day workshop* yesterday for twelve writing students. The topic was ‘exciting writing’. My aim was to pass along what…
Read moreBooks for boys
A friend recently asked me for some recommendations for his thirteen year-old son. Apparently he doesn’t read much. I asked what he…
Read moreHild’s York–with maps!
I posted this over on Gemæcca earlier this week. I thought you might like to read it here. The maps and schematics are…
Read moreDoJ settlement probably bad for midlist writers
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with three of the Big Six publishers to refrain from agency pricing for two…
Read moreSun shines on the work
I’ve had a bunch o’ unexpected things drop in my lap this week. Plus the sun’s been shining. So blog posts will…
Read moreNew Ammonite cover
Coming from Gollancz in September as part of the SF Masterworks series: You can pre-order in the UK here. Slow River will…
Read moreSeattle from Alki Beach
No Easter pictures for you today. Instead, here are two spectacular shots of Seattle from Alki Beach by Jennifer Durham. (Both are…
Read moreSnow White and the Huntsman: extended trailer
I’m a bit late to this. It’s one of those whole-movie-in-fie-minutes trailers, but at least it makes Snow White look a lot…
Read moreDOMA: a little bit at a time, then all at once
In 2010 U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that Section three of the Defense of Marriage Action was unconstitutional. In Gill…
Read moreThrillers, fillers, spillers, and fish
Yesterday I explored the wonderful world of Swansons Nursery. It’s gardeners’ heaven, full of strolling people of a certain age who mostly…
Read moreThe hot heart of spring
This is a picture I took yesterday: a tulip, looking like the hot heart of spring. Or spring as it should be….
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