Link of the Week: Aliette de Bodard on #DiversityinSFF and Writing About Other Cultures
If you don’t already follow Aliette de Bodard’s excellent blog, I recommend you do so immediately. When she’s not talking about her amazing writing, she’s usually talking about something equally fascinating. And that’s what she’s been up to today! Over on her blog, she has a wonderful post about other cultures, diversity in SFF, and […]
Writing Question: Best Method for Introducing People of Color?
I’m currently writing a relatively far future military SF novel (or revolutionary military SF, since it involves revolution). One thing that I want to indicate about this future and its wide-reaching human empire is its relative inclusiveness. Race is not as much an issue there as it is today, which means that the cast of […]
Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now)
Spoiler alert: Technically, I’m going to spoil this movie for you. Not all of it, mind, but enough of it that you’ll know the major plot elements and what not. I say “technically” because nothing in this movie is all that surprising, except that it’s horribly disappointing for any Riddick fan. You already know the […]
Conventions: The Simple, Step-by-Step Approach for Handling Disability at Cons
I posted a truncated version of this on Rose Lemberg’s post about some of accessibility problems at Worldcon this year. Apparently one of the Worldcon staff members thought blaming people with disabilities was a better idea than simply saying “yeah, we screwed that up and we’re sorry and here’s how we’re going to fix it.” Well, […]
Video Found: Venator Class Star Destroy (made with Legos)
There’s nothing one can say about how awesome this is…so just enjoy it!
Link of the Week: “Conventions and Authors” by Tobias S. Buckell
Over at his blog, author Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, Sly Mongoose, Arctic Rising, The Apocalypse Ocean…and a lot more) talks about his experiences at Worldcon, his thoughts on how cons work for him as a professional writer, and so much more. It’s my favorite post-Worldcon post thus far this year, so anyone interested in […]