It's been a quiet few days. I've been holding off printing my novel before I can actually get a copy to one of my three editors -- that way I won't be able to snatch it back in a panic state, deciding it's terrible. I've been making minor adjustments to things I wasn't quite happy with ( Read more... )

One of the great things about Wordpress -- the people who host my GLBT history website and provide the software -- is that they tell you exactly what people are plugging into search engines to find it. That's how I know what people are looking for when they arrive ( Read more... )

History

I have updated by historical website, although it's just a summary of the section. Really, it's the Cole's-Notes version of half a year of research ( Read more... )

So yeah -- last night we had a marvellous rit for Yule -- my first true Yule ritual in far too long. montrealais whipped up a feast, and we exchanged gifts. I'm in BC usually for the actual Solstice, so I tend to miss it every year ( Read more... )

It's taken me two months, but I was finally able to get the information I needed to make the post on Dr. James Miranda Barry on my LGBT history site ( Read more... )

Yeah -- I've been reading this marvellous biography, and I usually hate biography, but this one's been a pleasure. It's called Scanty Particulars by Rachel Holmes, and it's the story of the British doctor James Miranda Barry ( Read more... )

I am doing better today, though I'm going to have to push back the update to my website until next week, because of illness and work and general stress. Plus I've had trouble researching, since all the good books on Dr. James Barry are in McGill's Osler library, and (unlike the Redpath and Maclennan libraries) I don't think non-McGill students ( Read more... )

Happy Mabon to those who celebrate it ^_^

(I plan to spend it mostly relaxing and writing, though if anyone wants to get together, let me know.)

I posted to my historical blog, this time about Sappho in early CanadaI must've learned a lot in high school about drawing out a little information a long way -- the gist of it is that early Canadians ( Read more... )

HistoryI've posted another entry in my historical blog, this one about the end of the death penalty for homosexuality in Canada in 1869 ( Read more... )

I posted another entry on my historical blog, this one about the five men being held at the Provincial Penitentiary at Kingston between 1841 and 1871 ( Read more... )