Because of the publication of A Most Dangerous Woman I am hitting the convention trail this season. And why should you not enjoy them with me? So this is a short travel series which begins with Confluence, the event put … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2018
[This review previously appeared in the Cascadia Subduction Zone in 2017.] Abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973, when Roe v. Wade was decided. Almost a third of American women have had an abortion during their reproductive … Continue reading
She’s five-foot-two, gamine, and weighs ninety-four pounds in a soggy trench coat. The nickname “Tinkerbell” has followed her from high school. It’s hard to imagine her riding a Harley named Boris, or packing a baby blue .357 Magnum. She does … Continue reading
Mariah lives off the grid by waitressing, weaving ghostcatchers to send Hillvale’s ghosts across the veil, and keeping clear of electronics that haunt her–until the day her friend and mentor, Crazy Daisy, is murdered, and Mariah goes on the hunt for a killer.
Continue readingI am what’s called a slow adopter of technology. I’m not the draggiest of the late-comers, but I am a far cry from the cadre of those eager to try out all things shiny and new, especially electronic gadgets. I … Continue reading
This month’s item is a bit more complicated than most. The culture that produced it originally, was damaged so very hard in 1492 that it shouldn’t exist. And yet it does. It’s something new and something old. It’s a … Continue reading
So tomorrow, August 7th, is a writing anniversary of sorts. Twenty years ago on that date, I signed my first professional contract. It was a three-book deal, for Code of Conduct—written but not yet edited—and the books that became Rules … Continue reading
I have a habit of starting out essays and blogs—maybe these are the same things—with a definition. So here it is: Genre: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject … Continue reading
Join Thor, Bear dog, and me for one of our absolute favorite hikes to Yellow Aster Meadows — whether decked in early summer blooms or in autumn crimson. Up a very rutted dirt road off the Mt. Baker Highway about … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Religion is one of those topics that’s almost impossible to address because it’s too big. You can hit it from a shallow angle — “Is your religion monotheistic or polytheistic? … Continue reading