Editor’s Note: This post by Marissa Day — the nom de plume of one of Book View Cafe’s founding members — was original published for Banned Books Week in 2012. Hello, and welcome to Banned Books Week at Book View … Continue reading
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Editor’s Note: Most writers tend to get cranky about inaccuracies in television. Madeleine Robins is no exception. This post originally appeared in 2011. I am fond of procedural crime dramas, lawyer dramas, medical dramas, and I am pleased to note … Continue reading
Nancy Jane Moore spends a lot of time thinking about gender issues. This piece was published on the blog in 2012 and still draws reads. Nancy wrote on more issues related to the limits on male attire earlier this year. … Continue reading
Laura Anne Gilman worked as an editor at a major publishing company before chucking the day job to go in for full time writing. That gives her special insight into writer shortcomings. This popular post from 2010 deals with saying … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Sue Lange likes to play around on the fringes of science in her science fiction. This post on possible flaws in special relativity drew a lot of conversation, some of it from people who are determined to find … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This post by Chris Dolley from 2010 would be equally at home in our critter picture series that runs on Wednesdays. Here’s a picture of the Cingino dam in Italy. The dam wall is 160 feet high and … Continue reading
Editor’s note: We’re reprinting some of our favorite blog posts from the past five years. This week: Deborah J. Ross on banning books. This has appeared twice, in 2010 and 2012, but it continues to draw a lot of readers. … Continue reading
Editor’s note: We’re reprinting some of our favorite blog posts from the past five years. This week: a popular post from Judith Tarr’s horseblog series in 2010. By Judith Tarr This week’s blog is all about the basics–as in, your … Continue reading
Editor’s note: We’re reprinting some of our favorite blog posts from the last five years. This week: Vonda N. McIntyre on writing Star Trek Novels. This one first appeared in 2009. By Vonda N. McIntyre Back in the 1980s, I … Continue reading
This blog post is included in: No Time to Spare Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler December 5, 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt … Continue reading