Gender, Non-Binary, and Things (or, the Likelihood of Failure)
As you may have heard, I changed my review guidelines so I could join my podcast, The Skiffy and Fanty Show, in its 2015 “Women and Non-Binary in SFF” theme. This post isn’t really about that so much as the related subject of life and getting things right. Or, rather, getting things wrong and hoping […]
Review Guidelines Change for 2015: Call for Stuffs
As you may know, The Skiffy and Fanty Show, my magic podcast, is running a new theme throughout 2015: women and non-binary in sf/f. Given that most of what I read ends up on that show in some form or another and that I set a goal to review 50 books this year, I’m going […]
My Top 12 Books Read in 2014
I said on Twitter that I would make this list because I had such a hard time picking a winner for the 2013/2014 WISB Awards. Basically, this list is my guilt getting the better of me, because I love so many things and hate having to pick. So, in no particular order (because I cannot […]
Reader Entitlement Syndrome: Stacey Jay and the Windmill Full of Corpses
I would like to begin this post with a disclaimer: what will follow is unlikely to be pleasant; it will be filled with profanity and angry ranting. If that’s not your thing, then you can find a happy home next door where ponies dance in the moonlight and authors get shit all over for no […]
The 2013 and 2014 WISB Awards
It’s been almost two years since I last posted my selections for the WISB Awards. The 2013 Awards should have gone up in January of 2014, but I got a tad overwhelmed with podcasting, Hugo stuff, and academia. Such is life! But now the awards are back like a weird plague that never really goes […]
2015 Resolutions: Oh, God, So Much Work to Do!
The New Year is upon us, and there’s far too much I didn’t get done in 2014 that I should have. And so I figure I should make one of those resolutions things to make myself feel inclined to actually complete some projects. On that note, here are my resolutions: Publish a collection with Sarah […]