Your Orientalist Genre Anthology of Exoticism (or, WTF, Ticonderoga?)
Ticonderoga Publications is currently reading for an anthology called Dreaming of Djinn. All well and good, right? Things get rather strange, however, when you read the description: This anthology, with the working title Dreaming of Djinn, will look at romantic Orientalism through a speculative fiction lens. You might find lost cities, magical lamps, mummies, thieves, […]
Basic Conference Etiquette: Don’t Be THAT Guy
Anyone who attends conferences (academic or otherwise) knows there are three kinds of annoying people who attend: People who run way overtime. People who do not come prepared to give a talk. People who don’t actually ask a question during the Q&A. There are probably more, but I’d like to talk about just these three […]
#NaPoWriMo Entry #9: “Great Fictions for a Maiden”
No need to explain the inspiration for this one. It’s self-evident. I know what you might be saying. “Another love poem? When did you become such a sop?” One might answer “when he got a girlfriend,” but that wouldn’t really account for it. I’m simply a hopeless romantic at heart, and so I write these […]