Category Archives: Holidays/Holy Days

various holidays/holy days about which we may enthuse

Mad Scientists and the Igors Who Love Them

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

It’s Mad Scientist Week, and I couldn’t stay away.  I love mad scientists.  Scratch that–I adore mad scientists. Around Book View Café, I’m unofficially known as Igor, and my icon on our in-house bulletin board system is a picture of … Continue reading →


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Happy Mad Scientist Day!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Today marks the release of John Joseph Adams’s anthology The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, so we’re declaring February 19, 2013 Mad Scientist Day at Book View Café! In honor of this festive occasion, as a Mad Scientist Day … Continue reading →


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New Year’s & Holidays in a Writer’s World

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

So New Year’s has come and gone. It seems that yesterday was November 15th, about a week before Thanksgiving. Welcome to my Writer’s World. By Halloween, I’m getting antsy. I know what’s coming. The Holiday Season! Now don’t get me … Continue reading →


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Dostoevsky for Christmas

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

At some point during my teen-aged years, my father decided we needed a new family Christmas tradition, so he began reading us “The Grand Inquisitor” chapter from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov on Christmas Eve. We’d sit in the living room, … Continue reading →


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Choosing Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

I was, religiously speaking, raised by wolves.  Which is to say, I was raised by two people who had no investment in the faiths of their upbringing (one Jew, one Episcopalian) and left it up to me and my brother … Continue reading →


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Faith in Fiction 14: Pitfalls in fantasy religions and how to avoid them
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Posted on December 19, 2012 by

One of the most common questions I’m asked when it comes to fictionalizing religion is what pitfalls a writer who’s new to the practice should avoid. Here’s my shortlist—though there certainly are others. First is the the Straw Man portrayal … Continue reading →


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Giving Thanks for Feminism

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

by Nancy Jane Moore When my collection Conscientious Inconsistencies came out a few years back, Lyn Perry gave it an excellent review on The Fix, the late and lamented short fiction review magazine. But he questioned whether it should have … Continue reading →


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Halloween Costumes Redux

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

(In case you missed it last year, Phyl wrote about her love of costuming and her family’s embrace of “let’s pretend.”  Enjoy!) Phyllis Irene Radford In earlier decades “dress up” and “let’s pretend” were favorite games of mine.  My girlfriends … Continue reading →


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Book View Café Eats: Celebrate Midsummer

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

I love the turning of the seasons, and I love the old tradition of celebrating Midsummer on the summer solstice.  To me this is high summer, not the beginning of the season. Another old tradition that’s wonderful for this time … Continue reading →


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Romantic Moments

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

by Phyllis Irene Radford The end of the romantic movie, or novel is traditionally happily ever after.  And what’s the great moment of an HEA ending?  The Wedding of course. In my family I’m the weird one.  If there is … Continue reading →


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