I love my Compact* Oxford English Dictionary. Yes, it weighs a young ton, and requires a magnifying glass to read, but it’s a gorgeous reference, and one of my favorite world-building tools. Especially when there’s a word I want to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Giving Him Hell Saturn’s Daughter 3 by Jamie Quaid Tina Clancy is looking forward to a nice, quiet Christmas, but life has other plans for the newly-minted lawyer. As a Daughter of Saturn, Tina expects a healthy dose of crazy … Continue reading
Our own Ursula was interviewed by the New York Times as part of their piece entitled Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics. Ursula and other lions and lionesses were interviewed for their participation in Authors United, a group of authors … Continue reading
Transitions are a big deal in horse parlance. Technically they’re the sequence of strides that move the horse from one gait to another, or into or out of a halt. They should be timed correctly, balanced precisely, and executed smoothly. … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I’ve been getting over an injury I got doing judo about a month ago. So, of course, I started thinking about bones. The skeleton is one of our most obvious anatomical features. I know we can see … Continue reading
Risk of Love and Magic by Patricia Rice Nadine Malcolm finished inputting the data sheets she’d been assigned, then shoved her cheap black-framed glasses up her nose. With a surreptitious sideways glance, she verified that the guard was busy poisoning … Continue reading
This summer, Salon featured an article wherein an adult reader takes to task other adults who like books written for young readers. This caused a spinoff furor that included the time-honored cane thumping about the garbage teens are reading, and how … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough Can environment boost creativity? This article zips through several suggestions, including – Darkness and dim lighting. Umm, it ain’t me, babe. I have vision impairments and can never have enough lumens. -Messy. Messy desk, cluttered office, … Continue reading
I was surprised – but very pleased – to learn that the newest Miss America, Kira Kazantsev, had interned at Planned Parenthood. An icon of American womanhood interested in women’s reproductive rights. Imagine that. She has also taken a strong … Continue reading
There’s a very cute little meme on the Interwebs that is supposed to be a writer’s Mission Statement for the day. It goes like this: 1) Drink coffee. 2) Make stuff up. Sounds good. Gives writers a chuckle. But it’s only … Continue reading