Jim Hines: If We Wrote Men Like We Write Women

Well, looks like the Sad Puppies have their very own congresscritter. So you see, THIS is what happens when you let children read Heinlein at a formative age. Make 'm read Ursula K. LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, and Anne Leckie instead.

A vignette involvng Jenny and Mars, characters from the "My Life as a Monster" novel I did as part of NanNoWriMo last year. Starting as part of a tossed off story done instead of my IMPORTANT fiction, they have consumed my last year. Help ( Read more... )

So there's that old saw by Chesterson: “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed ( Read more... )

Looks like someone has decided to pad out their resume by reformatting LiveJournal to a more "modern" social media style.

Obviously functionality was not high on the development list.

So for my first book of summer:

Afterparty by Daryl Gregory ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, for the last five days, I've been dealing with a severe tooth infection, so I've missed going to any Pride celebrations. I mean, people seeing me scowling and grimacing in pan might get the wrong idea. So instead, I've been living vicariously though Metafilter and Google+, as suddenly history changed around me.

( What I do have, is pictures )

Ten years ago, the first episode of Avatar the Last Airbender aired ( Read more... )

Those who have read Little Fuzzy know that the book's climax hinges on a court trial to both determine whether the titular species is sentient, and also to come up with a general definition of sentience.

Recently, a New York court tackled that question when it comes to chimpanzees. Should chimpanzees be considered sentient? Honestly, this is a ( Read more... )

You know, I never mentioned that I decided to enter that NanowriMo contest ( Read more... )