Monthly Archives: December 2014

Goals: 2014 round-up, 2015 goals

Posted on December 31, 2014 by

It’s a bright clear bitterly cold Minnesota afternoon as I write this. I’m reading the round-ups for 2014 from colleagues around the world. As usual I accomplished both less and more than I set out to.

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Love in the Time of Starships: Kinship, Families of Affinity, and Grand Passions

Posted on December 29, 2014 by

Aliette de Bodard. On a Red Station, Drifting Alexis Hall. There Will Be Phlogiston Julio Alexi Genao. When You Were Pixels How I met these authors and their work Aliette de Bodard’s work was listed on the RequiresHate blog in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 28 December 2014 (NaNo 2014 WIP Romance with Rayguns)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by

“Well, it’s not been T-7 leaving those mines for us,” Taryn said. “That lot doesn’t have starships; they’ve poured all they have down the rat-hole. Or the singularity, I should say. Pouring it down the rat-hole at least feeds rats.” “The … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: part zero, the manifesto

Posted on December 22, 2014 by

Over the last few years, there have been doctrinal ructions over “purity of genre” in the SF/F world, with definite gendered and racialized intent, not coincidentally as those other than white males have become both visible and visibly successful in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 21 December 2014 (NaNo 2014 WIP Romance with Rayguns)

Posted on December 21, 2014 by

Hernan hung backward over the edge of the sleeping-niche, queues sweeping the floor, his body anchored only by Taryn’s weight straddling him. “Ah,” he said, “not sure about this position. Blood rushes to the head.” “Well, at least it isn’t … Continue reading →

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Me and my pal the Inner Editor have a little chat

Posted on December 20, 2014 by

Last night I did an overflight of all the work I want to edit before New Year’s. I looked at common structural patterns and did a thinking-on-paper journal bout laying out what they are. Our old nemesis the inner Editor … Continue reading →

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Apprenticing to be an Elder: a Cross-Generational, Cross-Cultural Gratitude Post

Posted on December 19, 2014 by

Over the last six years, I have been honored to mentor young people from across the globe, both in-person and on-line. In turn, they have mentored me. Here are some examples: The young man who rehearsed his talk about culturally … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: Discoveries New & Old (Thelonius Legend’s Sins of the Father)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by

Saturday night, I read Sins of the Father by Thelonius Legend. It’s a first novel, and (to me) even more importantly, it’s a novel that’s a sibling of one I’ve been struggling to edit, Annie Brown and the Superhero Blues. I … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: some notes in place of a manifesto

Posted on December 15, 2014 by

As various scandals have erupted in the SF/F and romance reviewing world over the last months, I’ve been (re) thinking what I believe about reviews. In particular, I’ve been noticing that I read a lot of books, and I talk … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 14 December 2014 (NaNo 2014 WIP Romance with Rayguns)

Posted on December 14, 2014 by

“I’d really like to be much clearer on your cousin’s intentions in adopting Arna.” “Martisset’s a reasonable person. I think you’ll like her.” “Well, you seem to have a bit of a crush on her.” “Proof positive she’s very much … Continue reading →

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