Speculative Fiction 2014: Announcement and Call for Submissions!
Update: Submissions will close at 12 PM EST on January 2nd, 2015. Get those submissions in ASAP! Update 2: A previous version of this article did not include a notice about payment for selected works. That has been corrected below. Speculative Fiction: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary is an anthology that celebrates online […]
I’m a Hugo Award Nominee — Holy Moly on a Stick!
If you didn’t know already, then you’re probably living in a hole, don’t know what a Hugo Award is, or don’t care. Or maybe you’re secretly plotting to keep me forever in obscurity. *glare* In any case, my podcast, The Skiffy and Fanty Show, is a finalist for the 2014 Hugo Awards in the Best […]
Fundraiser Updatery: 18 Days and Counting…
There are 18 days left in my Worldcon fundraiser for The Skiffy and Fanty Show. And I’m $1552 short. That’s a lot to make up in less than a month, but it’s still doable. $87 a day will do it! But that means I really need everyone’s help on this. A *lot* of help. And […]
Link of the Week: “Confirmation bias, epic fantasy, and you” by N.K. Jemisin
N.K. Jemisin takes a stab at the now tiring debate over whether epic fantasy in faux-European settings can include women and people of color without rewriting (imaginary) history. It’s an interesting topic, as always, and, as always, Jemisin is brilliant in her response. Here’s the comment I left: I don’t have too much to add […]
Kim Stanley Robinson and Exposition (or, No More James Patterson, Please)
Just this past weekend, I saw Kim Stanley Robinson give a talk about narrative and time at the Marxist Reading Group Conference at the University of Florida. During this talk, Robinson suggested, as I’m sure he has elsewhere, that science fiction has been the victim of casual writing instruction, which has mistakenly convinced us that […]
Top 10 Blog Posts for March 2014
Here they are: Movie Review: Riddick (2013)(or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) Great SF/F Books by Female Authors: A Massive Twitter List! #sffbywomen Oh, John Ring and Your Silly Fantasies About People (or, I Now Like Redshirts) Post-Post-Event Thoughts on LonCon3 and Jonathan Ross Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches Top 10 Science Fiction and […]