On Friday 11th at 4pm Pacific, on Zoom: me and Laurie Frankel in conversation about her latest novel, which does something amazing and unusual. Free. ASL interpreted.
Read moreLittle Prickle, referring to the hedgehog, is as much a pet name for Hild as a byname.
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Over on Gemæcce, another in my occasional series of posts about the bynames Hild acquires in both Hild and Menewood. Plus a picture of one of the stabby birds I’ve ben working on, a shrike.
Read moreA couple of weeks late for his second birthday, here’s a sketch I made of Charlie.
Read moreHere, on the occasion of his second birthday, is a drawing I made of George
Read moreSpear (out April 19, 2022) has a lovely cover. But like all covers it took some time to come together.
Read morepear has a cover! It’s luscious, exactly what I wanted, and perfect for the book. The illustration is by Rovina Cai and the design by Christine Foltzer.
Read moreYesterday Kelley and I went out for a beer and talked to other human beings! My first pint of Guinness for 16…
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From the New England Journal of Medicine, a very encouraging analysis of the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against variants of concern.
Read moreOver on Gemæcce, my research blog, I’m starting an occasional series of posts about Hild’s bynames—the additional names she is known by…
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Here are 4 books to look for: three coming out very soon (next week! next month!) and one that was published late last year just as Covid was surging and election-related horrors were gearing up…
Read moreLesbian Visibility Day began in the UK. This photo of me and Carol was taken at the first UK Lesbian Conference, April 1981, almost exactly 40 years ago.
Read moreI’m experimenting with making my own Hild-related art. So far it’s mainly animals…
https://gemaecce.com/2021/04/20/making-my-own-hild-art/
Read moreTeam Vaccine has Team Virus—even with its superstar variants waiting on the bench—comprehensively beaten
Read moreDisabled people are the demographic most abused at home; the most murdered by caregivers; the most badly paid; the most discriminated against by employers; the most laughed at in public; the poorest; the most refused transport on buses, trains, and planes; and the most killed by law enforcement. We are 25% of the fucking population and I am DONE with being excluded from the DEI conversation.
Read moreMy little sister Helena would have been 57 today; we were tight; between us we made a whole psychopath
Read moreHere’s the latest in a line of Hild-related art created by readers—only this time its based not on the novel itself but on my blog posts about the novel
Read moreWhat have I been up to in the last month? Many things! And not much.
Read moreIn which I read the first 3 minutes of Spear, my forthcoming Arthurian fantasy
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I’m teaching a 2-hr Zoom workshop for Clarion West, Monday, 15 March, on using setting to explore character—and character to explore setting. Sign up now.
Read moreWhen is Menewood coming out? I discuss timing and talk about a juicy post going up on Gemæcce
Read moreTo celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month I’ll be talking to Cheryl Morgan about gender and sexuality in 7th-C Britain, and why I chose to write Hild as bisexual.
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It’s a good feeling to be able to follow @POTUS again on Twitter and know sudden, shocking blood pressure spikes will not…
Read moreIn which George spends a couple of days in kitty hospital on IV antibiotics and resolves never to eat a bird again.
Read moreFor me and Kelley the first half of January has been a rollercoaster of events clustered around five different words.
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