Nicola Griffith

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

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Month: September 2012

A step forward: same-sex couples are ‘family’ for immigration purposes

My immigration story was difficult, stressful, and expensive. Which is the understated English way of saying, Nightmarish, terrifying, and financially crippling. Kelley…

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Posted on September 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Mist then kitty bliss

For most of Thursday, our tiny micro-climate was draped in mist. On the sound, foghorns boomed. It was wonderfully melancholic. A true…

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Posted on September 23, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Portrait in progress

I think I’ve mentioned before that I was contacted late last year by artist Riva Lehrer who wanted to do my portrait…

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Posted on September 21, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet two towering figures of feminist sf, Ursula K. Le Guin and Vonda N. McIntyre

photo by Eileen Gunn Ursula Le Guin gave me my very first blurb, for Ammonite. She didn’t know me from Eve, but…

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Posted on September 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Comment moderation

Blogger’s spam protection seems to have failed lately, so I’m reluctantly moving to comment moderation. This is a hassle for everyone. Sorry….

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Posted on September 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Effective book trailers, plus free volcano

Volcano first. I found this video today, via Historical Fiction Daily. As a PSA it’s pretty effective. I’m changing my mind about maybe…

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Posted on September 17, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Haircut and word count

So I got tired of feeling shaggy and cut all my hair off: Yep, this is how I’m spending my time. That…

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Posted on September 16, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sassella: a snapping-eyed piece

  The Griffith-Eskridge household is pleased to announce a fantastic new wine discovery: Conti Sertoli Salis Sassella. I’d never heard of Sassella…

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Posted on September 13, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Richard III skeleton found?

Richard III was the last English monarch to die on the battlefield (Bosworth Field, 1485). Two competing stories suggest that he was…

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Posted on September 12, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Man Booker Prize 2012 Shortlist

The Man Booker Prize 2012 shortlist was announced while I was still asleep. In the running for this year’s juicy ₤50,000 prize…

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Posted on September 11, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Cat on Sunday

I was up early this morning. Not as early as the cat, who had appointed himself guardian of the demesne, using the…

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Posted on September 9, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Slanting shadow and burning sun

It’s been hot here in Seattle–unusually so for this time of year. Ninety degrees after Labor Day… It makes the days feel…

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Posted on September 8, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kindle Paperwhite

Yesterday was a busy one for publishing news. It would burst my brain to tell you all of it in detail, so…

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Posted on September 7, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

You like?

From: Pia You like? Yes. I’m guessing that’s a tenor ukulele, a wee bit bigger than mine–though something of the same tone…

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Posted on September 6, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

In which I play the ukulele

slinging on the old uke to show it to Kelley’s folks I’ve had my ukulele exactly one week. I’ve just recorded my…

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Posted on September 5, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Nineteen years ago today

I married Kelley nineteen years ago today. She married me, too, of course. More precisely, we married each other–really: no one officiated….

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Posted on September 4, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I need some Hild help: anyone know Old Irish?

In terms of writing fiction, Irish has been the bane of my life. It’s my own fault; I’m lazy–or perhaps impatient is…

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Posted on September 3, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Just for a little while

I get asked to do a lot of things for free or Just Because: to help new writers, to write blurbs for…

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Posted on September 1, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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