Science fiction is a really big tent ( Read more... )

So, I come to you tonight, on the evening of the World Fantasy Awards, to congratulate the winners--and to talk a little bit about Howie's Head ( Read more... )

The following is an open letter to my friends and colleagues who are established members of the science fiction and fantasy community.

It's easy to lose control of a narrative. It's a little bit harder but not all that difficult, if you have the skills for it, to seize control. To construct a convincing narrative--whether that narrative happens to ( Read more... )

"Blaming The Target" Harassment Report Response Bingo Card

elisem has made this charming homebrew old-school and absolutely useful bingo card derived from her recent experiences as a harassment reporter.


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Apparently it's time again for the annual "Kids these days don't read Heinlein" argument, which--to be honest--I don't even understand why it's an argument. Kids these days don't read Heinlein, and you know what? That's their privilege. Heinlein doesn't speak in any meaningful way to their concerns. (As a heavy teenaged Heinlein reader my own self ( Read more... )

A cool thing came in the mail today, which is to say, my Random House royalty statements. Royalty statements are kind of fascinating, not just because it's how I get paid, but because I can do things like watch the market share of ebooks burgeon over time. Or that mysterious thing where book two of a series sells fewer copies than either book one ( Read more... )

Max Barry: TESTIFY!

As I said on twitter, I get more grateful for fathers of daughters every day.

Because I am tired of being told there are no SF writers under forty anymore*, a poll...

ETA: Because apparently this above sentence is getting lost, and folks are being offended by not being included--the object is not to exclude writers over fifty. For purposes of this poll, writers over forty are presumed to exist, and in quantity. It's writers ( Read more... )

It will probably come as a surprise to nobody, but I love me some science fiction.

But recently, an acquaintance asked "Do you believe in science fiction?" Being in a contrary mood, I answered "no." What I meant, I admitted when pressed, was that I did not believe in the valorization of SF as the literature that's going to somehow save the world ( Read more... )

I'm writing book reviews and essays today so there won't be much blogging, but here, have something lovely--

Sandra McDonald's Periodic Table of Women in SFFNonexhaustive and there are several things about it that make me smile. Not the least of which is that I am a little sniffly to be included in such company ( Read more... )