I closed this blog back in May 2013, but occasionally, I'll get a comment from someone's who's found a review of a book they've read and/or are interested in, and they want to discuss it with me. The trouble is, said commenter pretty much always fails to notice the date of the review, or if they do notice the date, they seem to think I have a ( Read more... )

Reviews - useful reviews, professional reviews, good reviews - are most like critiques given after it's too damn late to fix anything. They aren't there to help the author do better, but to guide readers toward books they'd like and away from books they wouldn't. For that, a good reviewer is worth her weight in gold. Reading as a reviewer means ( Read more... )

So. I've had an idea in mind for a while now, but it only became more urgent this past year, when I was thisclose to getting a publishing deal. Whenever I get published, I want to let you all know about it. Oh, I know: most of you won't give a fig, and that's fine. But some of you will ( Read more... )

Wow. You guys certainly turned out in droves last week to share your thoughts on LJ's spam issue, as well whether or not you'd follow me to Word Press if I closed up the LJ shop.

So let me make one thing clear: I am not closing the LJ.

However, you all know you're in trouble, right? over 70 people voted in the poll, which means that for future ( Read more... )

Many of you know that a couple of years ago, I expanded my blog to Word Press. It's not a true mirror. WP doesn't get all of the Weekend Updates, and for a long time, they didn't get the polls either. I've always assumed that if I ever consolidated back to one blogging site, it would be me staying with LJ ( Read more... )

It's been about a week since I purchased a Supporting Membership to WorldCon, which allows me to vote on this year's Hugos. I've finally figured out what I want to ask, and so here are my questions. If you can answer them, or at least provide an opinion, please comment. If you know someone who can, please send them this way. Whether you're a reader ( Read more... )

So, I just did something epic. So big, so epic that I couldn't wait until the Weekend Update to share the news with you ( Read more... )

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I know I keep promising a review for Elizabeth Bear’s Dust, but there’s a reason I’m dragging my feet. Dust is the first book I finished in 2011, and with all my thoughts a-swirl with changes, I hesitated letting my first official review of 2011 be part of the old system. But last night, inspiration struck (in part thanks to your many suggestions ( Read more... )

What's Wrong With You?It's happened to all of us. We read a book, or try to read a book, that everyone and their brother says is absolutely fantastic, and you just can't see the appeal. But I don't want to spend this post talking about popular books you can't get into (we all have those!), because that's another topic from the one I really want to ( Read more... )