Not the Platitudes You Were Looking For
I worry that I'm becoming one of those people who only writes anything meaningful when it's couched in fiction or poetry. I keep thinking I should blog about something important, and I do from time to...
View ArticleSerialization, and a Note on the Gaelic Thing
I wrote the other day about the possibility that I might serialize Twilight of the World Sea People, and I've decided to hold off on that a while, for a few important reasons. First, it would be much...
View ArticleGood writing is shamanism.
Before Winter passed away, I began a blog post about creativity but never finished it. The post was so dry; 'received structures' and 'creative scaffolding' and such. I deleted the twisty thing, and...
View ArticleSome Belated Thoughts on International Women's Day
One of the most important things we can do as women is to support the strength of other women. When we undermine the concerns of another woman, when we downplay her righteous anger, when we say to...
View ArticleIn the Service of the Creative: Thoughts on the Hugos and Other Things
I've been struggling with this blog entry for over a week now, but in the wake of Mary Robinette Kowal's excellent post, I decided it was finally time to collect my own thoughts and write about the...
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Clarity and Inclusivity in English Pronoun Usage
I've just encountered an interesting point of confusion between my writing and its reception by readers that I thought it might be useful to discuss. In a recent blog entry, I defaulted to the...
View ArticleMiddle-Wise
It is best for man to be middle-wise,Not over cunning and clever:The learned man whose lore is deepIs seldom happy at heart. - The HávamálIt seems I always come back to this quote from the Hávamál when...
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Read a story.
I have a confession to make. I'm reading all those near-future, dystopian novels everybody is complaining about (except the ones with zombies), even though I'm complaining about them too (I am large, I...
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Thoughts and Prayers
In recent weeks (since the Orlando shooting), I've read a great deal of frustration from people where it concerns offering thoughts and prayers to tragic situations. I understand where this frustration...
View ArticleOn Politics, Internalized Oppression, and Speaking Even When Your Voice Shakes
I should be catching up on writing career things while I'm between semesters, but now that I have my studio back, this blog post is crowding the front of my mind. So I'm going to get it out of the way...
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Summer's End
Sean took this gorgeous photo here in Cape Breton a couple of days ago, and I thought it would make a good visual image for a post about the end of summer.It's been a busy one. A sick and recovering...
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