I asked for blog post suggestions, willing to write about anything, and this topic was suggested by Tom Allman. When I did my Visible Women in Science Fiction Magazines project, I identified 143 unique female names, across 410 credits. I Read more…
Did you know there are towns in China that become hellscapes every fall to churn out products for American Christmas? I read a frightening article about it. Imagine forests choked by smoke churned out to create plastic trees with an Read more…
Greetings, Earthlings! It is December, which means we are entering a time of year with traditions and fellowship — yes, Science Fiction Award Season! So if you’ve been naughty or nice and can vote for the Hugos, Nebulas, Locus Awards, Read more…
I wrote a personal essay on how it felt to be a woman warrior in medieval reenactment combat (SCA). It started as something I just wrote for myself, as I was working on my memoir about playing football. Then I Read more…
Ronald Reagan figured out a way to develop support for the right among the working class. It was brilliant in its simplicity: Lie. Pretend you already did. He spoke in his speeches about a silent majority of conservative Americans who Read more…
A piece of advice I have often heard is that your story must clue the reader in to its genre quickly. “In the first line, if possible.” I remember getting quite tangled up in my thoughts, trying to introduce character, Read more…
In October of 2012, I got my first pro-rate acceptance. I waited breathlessly to be able to announce it to the world once I’d signed a contract. That day never came. The magazine folded, and I received a kill payment Read more…