Season of change
I love autumn. For me it’s a season of change—slightly melancholy but also, always, deeply and fundamentally exciting. To me autumn is…
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When accidents become icons
Most explanations for the nimbus on Celtic crosses are Just-So stories. Now there’s a much better explanation.
Read moreMore on the enamel pin for Spear
Image description: A round enamel pin in the shape of a red shield with raised rim and embossed rivets held between a…
Read moreHappy Birthday to Kelley
Today is Kelley’s birthday. Once again I feel so glad we met and that she took a chance on me. She is…
Read moreNicola Griffith 101
A thoughtful precis of my writing career so far up on Tor.com today. If only the Wikipedia article were a tenth as good
Read moreA spear and a shield
Tor have produced a beautiful enamel pin for SPEAR.
Read moreWedding anniversary x 2
28 yrs ago today Kelley and I got married. Exactly 20 years later, we did it again.
Read moreMy MS resume
If you’re here because of my recent interview for theMSGuide.com, hello and welcome. I’m a novelist—this website and blog is mostly about my life and work; MS is often peripheral to my interests. If you’d rather just focus on MS then here’s a short resume of me, my interests in and thoughts on MS and disability.
Read moreTwo years of Çaturdays
Two years ago we brought home two tiny little kittens. Today they are big and burly and in charge of their world. Here are some pictures of their journey.
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Spear updates
SPEAR won’t be out for another nine months but I have updates on images, page length, and audiobook
Read moreThings disabled people do
For Disability Pride Month a post about what disabled do—or, rather, about one crip’s fabulous life. Flaunt it, baby!
Read moreÇaturday with Charlie and George
In which I experiment with Procreate brushes—with limited success—to make portraits of Charlie and George
Read moreHistoric, dangerous, prolonged, and unprecedented
Historic, dangerous, prolonged, and unprecedented: so statistically rare it’s expected ‘once every several thousand years.’ Yeah, no. This is a warning shot across our bows.
Read moreIndivisible—except by 3 and 11
Indivisible—except by 3 and 11. Thirty-three years ago today I met Kelley. It was a scorching hot today—just like today…
Read moreKitten Report #18: Two-and-a-bit years old
Charlie and George are two years old—no longer kittens but full-grown cats. Maybe. Their personalities have grown more distinct.
Read moreMe and Laurie Frankel in conversation: Friday 11th June, 4pm Pacific, on Zoom
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 moreHild’s bynames #3: Little Prickle
Little Prickle, referring to the hedgehog, is as much a pet name for Hild as a byname.
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Hild’s bynames: Butcherbird
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 moreÇaturday with Charlie
A couple of weeks late for his second birthday, here’s a sketch I made of Charlie.
Read moreHappy Çaturday!
Here, on the occasion of his second birthday, is a drawing I made of George
Read moreMore on the Spear cover
Spear (out April 19, 2022) has a lovely cover. But like all covers it took some time to come together.
Read moreSpear cover reveal!
pear 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 moreBeer yesterday, Spear cover reveal tomorrow!
Yesterday 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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Pfizer vaccines well over 90% effective against variants
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 moreHild’s bynames: an occasional series
Over 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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