I went to an excellent panel on anger in fiction at Loncon. They started with a quote from Abigail Nussbaum, who said there is an "increasing prevalence of vengeful victim characters, who are condemned not for the choices they make in pursuit of revenge, but simply for feeling anger..." (emphasis added ( Read more... )

Tom frowned at the handout, and then at the substitute teacher. Rebelliously, he raised his hand ( Read more... )

(With apologies to people who are waiting to see the E entry. This one comes next.)The offer of hospitality, which included meat pastries, cookies, and milk, settled Jeri a bit, but left her no less baffled ( Read more... )

Jeri sat on the rough bark, swinging her feet, ten feet up into the tree. She leaned down to whisper to Anya, who sat on another branch, her long white-blond hair gleaming in the moonlight. “I like the blonde tiger, I think ( Read more... )

The beaver walked out onto Lake Michigan as the sun rose. She was in her human form, in worn insulated pants and jacket. She scuffed her feet a little, ice-fishing equipment in her back pack and pole in hand. A low bank of clouds hid the sun, but its light spilled over, slowly turning the shadowy violet twilight into a monochrome landscape of ( Read more... )

The cat walked up to the police officer, meowing. The sounds resolved into words in Officer Savannah Leahy’s mind. “There is something sinister going on in this neighborhood. The dead are screaming for justice ( Read more... )

The doorbell rang, and Ramai put down the wand she was carving to peek out the front window. No one was on the porch. She went back to her chair and picked up the tiny chisel again. The bell rang again ( Read more... )

Well, never mind taxes. I'm going through papers to make sure I don't miss anything, but that's bad enough without blogging about the process.

I spent February feeling envious of my writer friends doing a Worldbuiding Month because I was way too tired to join in.

I am so tempted to continue worldbuilding my catkin universe in April while doing ( Read more... )

It sounds idyllic, doesn't it ( Read more... )

Have I thought of everything? Well, probably not, though I sought advice in person and elsewhere--life always has some surprises. But sooner or later, to make a change, you have to take that first step out into the unknown ( Read more... )