(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 3 of 9. See, we’re a third of the way through already!) So, here’s what we’ve got so far: Mr. Wright believes that “strong female character” is code for “masculine female character” and that this is aContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 2 of 9. Don’t panic!) When we left off, Mr. Wright was in the middle of detailing his idealized feminine qualities. Diving back in, we get to: The female spirit is [..] deep in understanding rather thanContinue Reading
So, this year. There was this thing nominated for a Hugo. You might have heard of it — “Transhuman and Subhuman,” a collection of essays nominally on the subject of science fiction by John C. Wright. It was in the Hugo packet. One of the essays is the novel-length anti-feministContinue Reading
Friday, October 2 3:00pm Richmond E | Women In Urban Fantasy 7:00pm Minoru A | Multi-Author Book Launch Saturday, October 3 10:00am Minoru A | Killing Off Characters 3:00pm Richmond E | From Oz To Teen Wolf: The Rise of Sexy Weres 5:00pm Richmond C | Sad Puppies & HappyContinue Reading
For the last couple of years, I’ve been on a kick of re-reading Stephen King books. Usually I’ve stuck with the ones I liked the first time (The Shining, Carrie), or at least half-liked (It, The Stand, Pet Sematary). But a discussion on on File770, followed by this (http://www.tor.com/2013/10/09/the-great-stephen-king-reread-the-tommyknockers/) promptedContinue Reading
Two weeks ago Paul & I went to Sasquan, the Spokane Worldcon. It was his first time on a Worldcon committee, although he did put together the program book for the Seattle NASFIC. At Sasquan he ran literary beers. A few months ago this seemed like a good idea (he likesContinue Reading
Autographing – Alexander James Adams, ElizaBeth Gilligan, Matthew Johnson, Julie McGalliard Wednesday 12:00 – 12:45, Exhibit Hall B (CC) Reading – Julie McGalliard Wednesday 13:00 – 13:30, 304 (CC) SpoCon Presents: Cartoon Fandom 101 Thursday 10:00 – 11:00, Grand Ballroom: Salon IV (Doubletree) What The Heck Is a “Fan” ArtistContinue Reading
Hugo voting is done. A record number of votes were cast. I wrote a few roundups of my thoughts on various nominees. And I have one remaining question: What was THAT all about? You know what I mean. That sad and rabid “puppies” thing with the Hugo slates. And IContinue Reading
Part of the 2015 Clarion West Write-a-thon series! IT IS NOT TOO LATE! Sponsor me, sponsor another writer, or learn more about the Write-a-thon In my notebook observations , I wrote: Six weeks is longer than it seems at first It’s also shorter. And this year, once again, it’s alreadyContinue Reading
We interrupt our regularly scheduled 2015 Clarion West Write-a-thon series to bring you the final Hugo roundup. Sponsor me, sponsor another writer, or learn more about the Write-a-thon With the deadline closing in at midnight on Friday July 31, I had three novels left so I decided to race them.Continue Reading
We interrupt our regularly scheduled 2015 Clarion West Write-a-thon series to bring you another Hugo roundup. Sponsor me, sponsor another writer, or learn more about the Write-a-thon Some more Hugo reads in no particular order: Title: Reduce Reuse Reanimate Author: Carter Reid Category: Graphic story Slated: Sad and Rabid Premise:Continue Reading
Part of the 2015 Clarion West Write-a-thon series! Sponsor me, sponsor another writer, or learn more about the Write-a-thon Returning to my notebook observations after the first Shadow Workshop: I sometimes put barriers up that are wholly artificial. Like, “I have to finish this thing before I work on thisContinue Reading
“Are you a plotter or a pantser?” I was asked this while sitting at the Clarion West booth at Emerald City Comicon. I first saw this dichotomy outlined in a post on the NaNoWriMo blog. (NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month, where the challenge is to write a 50,000 wordContinue Reading