In reading about LonestarCon, the 71st Annual World Science Fiction Convention, I see that there's going to be an entire Spanish language track.

Progress Report 2

Holy shit, this is a big deal.

And now I've got questions.  The update on the internet says There will be a Spanish language track, so tell us your favorite Spanish language writer, graphic ( Read more... )

I know many months ago I had posted that I was working on Book 2--now I really am.

And holy wow, is it fricking hard.  No, not complaining, but amazed.

With The Horses of Achilles, I went in with no idea what I was doing.  The voice of the narrator was one that was immediately (in my opinion) identifiable, despite her quirks, hang-ups, etc.  She was ( Read more... )

The use of the word vagina when one means vulva drives me right up a fucking tree.  It isn't just me being pedantic (I got a whole 'nother room for that), it's me being pedantic in the service of sexual fricking knowledge.  Know the terms, please.  Not bothering to educate yourself, not bothering to use that education serves to show others that no ( Read more... )

I think I've talked about this before, but I'm always happy to talk about it again.

You know, that word.

The C word.

CUNT.

gasp from the audienceYeah, I said it ( Read more... )

Over on FB I got called "the poetess of swearing."

This pleases me to no end.

Ya know, it's too bad about the word cunt.

It's one of my faves.  And people seem to flip their shit if you say it.  Very oddly, I grew up with it in its proper context as a pleasant, somewhat naughty term for an A #1 body part.  It was a long time before I realized people used it as a derogatory term.