I wrote this after the Umpqua CC shootings in Oregon. By the time I finished, Umpqua had moved out of the news cycle, so I decided to wait until the next one. I knew there would be a next one. Now I’m posting it, after Planned Parenthood and San Bernadino. Comments are disabled. ~~ There …
It’s kind of shooting fish in a barrel at this point to take aim at the new “peeple” app – it’s being panned thoroughly everywhere. But what the heck. [LATER ADDITION: I’m also seeing speculation that it’s a hoax. If it is, the willingness to believe in the existence of “peeple” shows how disengaged our …
It’s been ages since I blogged. Life. Lots of writing. Tomorrow is Independence Day, so I want to post a few passages from one of my favorite SCOTUS cases, 1942, re salutation of the flag. The opinion is by Robert Jackson, who is almost my favorite justice ever: Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in …
Laura Mixon’s report on the actions of Requires Hate/ Benjanun Sriduangkaew has given evidence of the widespread harassment and abuse practiced by this person. In the comments, more victims have been speaking out about what happened to them. I personally have had no interactions with any of the RH personas or with BS, but because …
Dear Threatener(s) of Anita Sarkeesian: When I read your threats, here’s what I think: You are scared shitless. You are terrified that women will take away the things that give structure to your life. You are so scared that all you can do is spew hate and make threats. You fear that if women come into …
Pick two nouns and one adjective based on the initials of your first, middle, and last name. Arrange and modify as works best. Feel free to use synonyms – “blade” or “sword” instead of “knife,” “old” instead of “ancient.” First Name Middle Name Last Name A-B Empire Ancient Knife C-D City Lost Blood E-F Road …
I’m starting an SF alternate history/dystopia novel. The timelines diverge in 1799 in Haiti. I’m having a lot of fun making up alternate historical twists. Below is my chronology so far. I’ll add updates as I think of them. Interestingly, about a week after I started this, io9 had a post on alternate North America …
My credentials for being a successful SFF geek are pretty thin right now. There are a bazillion authors I’ve never heard of, let alone read; I still don’t game (not that I’m disinterested; I know that, once started, I would never stop); my book is being published by a literary imprint, not an SFF imprint; …
And for you mystery/thriller fans, the Edgar award for Best First Novel went to Chris Pavone for The Expats (agented by The Gernert Co.) and the Edgar award for Best Fact Crime went to Midnight in Peking, written by Paul French and edited by my very own editor, Emily Murdock Baker. I am heady with “award by …