Category Writing
Why I Always Return to Middle Earth
I was sorting through some old writing and came across this piece that I wrote for sj over on booksnobbery.com. It is one of my favourite pieces. It deals with a topic close to my heart and is likely as important to me today as it was then. Hope you enjoy it. ORIGINALLY POSTED ON BOOKSNOBBERY.COM, JANUARY […]
Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction
The Kickstarter for Uncanny Magazine’s DISABLED PEOPLE DESTROY SCIENCE FICTION is now up. I backed and loved Lightspeed’s WOMEN DESTROY, QUEERS DESTROY, PEOPLE OF COLOR DESTROY (SF/FANTASY/HORROR) series and have already backed DPDSF. You should too.
Cultural Appropriation and Newtonian Physics
This week saw a bunch of Canadian writers rant and rail on Twitter against the “mobbing” of Hal Niedzviecki for his editorial on cultural appropriation (perhaps more appropriately described as his lack of understanding of cultural appropriation). The folks in question are — unsurprisingly — white and privileged. Hell, one of the douchebags is an […]
2016 Black SFF Writer Survey Report
Despite recognizing the importance of diversity in publishing, trying to balance my own reading habits and supporting markets that promote diversity, I am a cis white male neophyte writer and sometimes stumble in discussing it. So, I will leave that to the good folks at FIYAH: Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction: Public conversations about and around diversity […]
#amwriting Update: Ides of March Edition
OK, today is PI Day, but the Ides of March is tomorrow and a better thematic fit. Besides, I’m a recovering mathematician. I started 2017 with an ambitious BigPlan(tm) for writing in 2017. So, how am I doing? Item Target Actual #YearOfReadingShorts 74 78 Write 500 Words Per Day 37,000 16,200 Blog Posts 11 6 In […]
TBR pile o’ Shorts: Part One – The Used
When I decided to do a #YearOfReadingShorts I noted that I have a huge backlog of short stories to read. There are a number of different sources for that lofty TBR pile. Today I’ll talk about the danger of the UsedBook (genus libristritisinsumptuosus). I love used book stores. Real used book stores. You know what […]
#amwriting plans for 2017
2016 was a disappointing year on so many fronts for so many people. I got through it better than most, although I need to remember to leave outrage and justifiable anger to folks who are better qualified to wield them, no matter how good it feels to be part of the crowd … erm mob. […]
Yay! Contributor’s Copies
I have my UPS account set up to alert me when I have packages arriving and was a little surprised to find out that they would be dropping off a package for me today. The only orders that Mrs. Cheffo and I were expecting haven’t shipped yet. We puzzled our puzzlers into a tizzy trying […]
Gamut is over $40,000! Huge new add-on today.
Originally posted on – Richard Thomas –:
We’re over $40,000! Wow. Thank you all for spreading the word, pledging, and upgrading, it’s been so exciting to watch us get closer and closer to our goal. Only five days left to get to $52,000. I know we can do it. Here’s one way that may help—it’s…
#amreading: New LitMag on the Horizon: GAMUT from Richard Thomas
Yesterday saw the launch of the KickStarter campagin for GAMUT, a new literary magazine from Richard Thomas. I backed it as soon as it went live. You should back it too. We are already over the first $1,000 and have been selected as a PROJECT WE LOVE by Kickstarter staff. Great start! https://t.co/pXOlfuaTXu — Richard […]
#amwriting: What about Point of View?
We’ve all heard the standard “There’s First Person, Third Person Omniscient, but most genre fiction is written in Limited Third Person. Don’t mix them and — whatever you do — don’t write in Second Person.” Allow me to let my freak flag fly: I LOVE (lovelovelovelove) reading (well-written) Second Person. Stuff like BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY or […]
#amwriting : Christie Yant’s Tools For Writers
As seen on Twitter, here is a link to writer and editor (think Lightspeed’s WOMEN DESTROY SCIENCE FICTION!) Christie Yant‘s Tools For Writers spreadsheet, free and updated for 2016. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b9kMUG1hJClQ2Vx3CRyqioEb80rXYnkd6JbvCDs9-Pc … h/t to @christieyant #amwriting
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