Top 10 Blog Posts for December 2013

Happy New Year! Here’s the list: 10.  Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers 9.  The Diversity Pledge:  Crunching My Numbers for 2013 8.  Draft Post Bingo:  What should I finish?  You Decide! 7.  Draft Post Bingo Winners:  What I’ll Be Finishing Next 6.  Crowdfunding Links of the Week:  Kaleidoscope (a Diverse YA […]

Top 10 Blog Posts for November 2013

November was obviously a fairly light week in terms of new posts, so this list is a reflection of all the stuff people were still reading from the months prior.  And if you missed any of this stuff, you’ll have to catch up… Here it is: 10.  Conventions:  the Simple, Step-by-Step Approach for Handling Disability […]

Draft Post Bingo Winners: What I’ll Be Finishing Next

A whole bunch of folks tossed out their nominations, so here’s the stuff I’m going to finish in the next, say, month: FIN A post about ideological rigidity from a teaching perspective (with a side of SF/F) FIN A post of my hopes for SF/F in 2013 (which I can just update to 2014) FIN […]

Comment System Has Changed!

Quick note:  I’m testing out a no-moderation, no-captcha commenting policy on the blog.  I realize that captcha may be one of many reasons for low activity on blogs in general, so I wanted to see what would happen if I removed the barriers. So, consider yourselves my guinea pigs!

RIP: Frederick Pohl

The science fiction legend, Frederick Pohl, passed away yesterday.  Jo Walton has written up her emotional reaction to the news (while in attendance at Worldcon) here, which I recommend reading. I may have more extensive thoughts later.  Right now, I’m jetlagged and incapable of fully taking in such news.  He was undeniably one of the […]