5 Annoying Author Habits on Twitter
I spend far too much time on Twitter, which means I read a lot of tweets from a lot of authors. Some authors are great at interacting, carving out their little niche and creating a kind of Twitter persona to represent them. Others, however, are kind of like social media bacterial infections who must do […]
Top 10 Posts for April 2014
Here they are: Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) A Cereal Metaphor for the SFF Community Speculative Fiction 2014: Announcement and Call for Submissions! Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies Since 2010 (Thus Far) Kim Stanley Robinson and Exposition (or, No More James Patterson, […]
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 […]
Great SF/F Books by Female Authors: A Massive Twitter List! #sffbywomen
Earlier today, I posted seven sf/f books by women worth checking out for International Women’s Day. This led to a tweet asking folks online to list a single sf/f work by a woman that they think is exceptional. Folks promptly ignored the “single” part and sent me a lot of suggestions. You can add your […]
7 SF/F Books by Female Authors to Pick Up on International Women’s Day
If the title didn’t make it clear, today is International Women’s Day! In celebration of that, here are seven wonderful books by female sf/f writers that I think you should check out, if not now, then certainly before the weekend ends. Consider it homework…the fun kind… Here they are: The Female Man by Joanna Russ […]
The 86th Academy Awards: My Oscar Predictions
They’re happening tonight. Some of us will be watching (me). Some of us will have expectations and hopes and dreams (me). Some of us will probably be very disappointed (me). Post-Awards Tally (I’m live updating this post): 11/24 So, without further adieu, here are my predictions for tonight’s awards: BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “American Hustle,” written […]