In the past couple of weeks, I saw yet again another claim that romance novels were nothing but chick porn. I have to admit, the opinion of non-romance readers doesn’t really bother me that much. What does bother me, however, is that I always get the sense that these “chick porn” people think that women […]
Note: So, just in case I can’t update while I’m in New York, I’m pre-scheduling (is that a tautology?) an old story from my old blogging days: 2005. But, hey, with the new X-Men movie it’s all relevant again. (Okay, maybe not the Angela figure and the X-Files, but I’m never picky, especially when it […]
I’m not against re-makes. I loved the Battlestar Galactica remake, for example. It seems like DC remakes/reboots my favorite superheroes every few years, and I stick with them — and most of the time, I find something to enjoy. Foreign movies are often remade into American ones. I’m willing to give most remakes a shot, […]
So, I’m in a hole. I pop out every once in a while to feed my kid and myself and to approve friends on Goodreads and Facebook (I always feel guilty if I leave those for too long) but my feed reader is badly neglected (and so is my hair.) But there are always things […]
So, a couple of days ago on Twitter, a celebrity who once played a space prostitute and then a lizard queen from space wondered: Yes. It’s this: One heaping spoonful of granulated sugar, swallowed dry. It works every time for my daughter and me, at least. And no, I have no idea why. A heaping […]
***The contest has ended. Here are the winners!*** Of the signed Magic Slays: Sara (this one) Asura C Michelle McMichael Dante Valentine Margay Magic on the Hunt Spav *** On Tuesday, I crawled out of my writing hole to go see Ilona and Gordon do their signing thing with Lilith Saintcrow and Devon Monk (both […]
For those in the U.S., it’s almost Memorial Day weekend. I won’t be doing much — my sister pushed out a baby early this week, so I lost some writing hours that I’ll be trying to make up — but when I was growing up, Memorial Day usually meant the first camping trip of the […]
It started a little early this year with Thor (who has seen it? Verdicts?) and is full of my favorite types of movies — action, adventure, science fiction and fantasy. Some look awesome, and some look awesomely bad (which makes them worth watching, sometimes.) Green Lantern – Okay, I’m not excited. I love DC Comics, […]
If alien archaeologists ever dig up Portland, Oregon, I’m kind of hoping that they don’t ever come across my drafting/brainstorming notebooks. I’m pretty sure they’d leave Earth with the idea that humans are completely disorganized unable to punctuate write illegibly write really banal stuff I was thinking of this the other day when I was […]
Winners!! If you find your name in the list, please go here and enter your address into this form, and I will mail these samplers out ASAP. 2 sabina edwards 5 fedora 6 Linda Fitzpatrick 9 Sylvia 13 Betty 14 Calliope 15 Camille 17 SylviaSybil 18 Shauna Chatman 20 BrendaC 26 Ren Puspita 27 infinitieh […]
Winners!! If you find your name in the list, please go here and enter your address into this form, and I will mail these samplers out ASAP. 2 sabina edwards 5 fedora 6 Linda Fitzpatrick 9 Sylvia 13 Betty 14 Calliope 15 Camille 17 SylviaSybil 18 Shauna Chatman 20 BrendaC 26 Ren Puspita 27 infinitieh […]
Ack, I’m late. But three of you won free books from last week’s contest! Thanks to the power of random.org… Jikie, HM, and TaraR …you’ve all won the book of your choice! Please contact me with your mailing information, and I’ll get those out to you as soon as possible. Some of you might […]
This would be mine: the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. So pretty. I’m not even a sun-and-beach type (the red hair/pale skin combo kills me) but I’d love to spend a week or ten there, eating mangoes and yogurt. Ahhhh. I will be flying off today, though, to a place that is usually pretty sunny, […]
OMG, the Deadline Dames are coming! Brace yourselves! They’re taking over!! Dear Odd Shots, We are huge fans of your novels and especially love the one about that guy, and that gal and that thing they did. You know the one with fantastic stuff happening, and that evil they overcome? Pulitzer, baby. We are […]
Okay, not so much a smackdown as a friendly competition between two Odd Shots: Nalini and me. It will start with tea, where Nalini and I will discuss the merits of Oolong vs. Earl Grey. Then we’ll eat biscuits. And then we will head into the shark pit, AND BATTLE FOR GUTS AND GLORY! Ahem. […]
So, in the past few weeks, I’ve come up against something that I’ve put off for a while, but that I simply can’t anymore: I have to get business cards. I’ll be going to too many conferences and conventions this year to let my blank stare and a bookmark replace an honest-to-god business card. Honestly, […]