July 2015
July Books
Sometimes, you cross paths with books that are so marvelous, you want to inhale them whole and at the same time, you don’t want to actually finish them. Such was the case with The House of Shattered Wings, from Aliette de Bodard. When Netgalley sent me an early copy, I knew I had to read […]
Wonderland Cake
Things checkerboard remind me of Wonderland — and I’ve always wanted to make a checkerboard cake, but much like basket weave frosting, I felt it was beyond me, because wow, how does that even work. The thing is, once you learn, it’s super easy. Maybe it’s like pulling the curtain back on a magician, but […]
Listening, Being Heard
I’ve thought about this post all week — did I want to write about it, did I not — and as I open this box to write, I am still unsure where it will go. I’ll tag it “womenSFF,” so I have some idea of my direction. (Natalie Luhrs wrote a great and thoughtful piece, […]
Silencer
“Silencer, Head Like a Hole Remix” appears in Issue #259 of Interzone (July 2015). It’s a story I didn’t think would sell to any market. Originally, this idea was a flash piece for a writing group — I wanted to be snarky and swift. Fran Wilde encouraged me to expand it, and the story shook […]
June Books
What I read in June could probably be collected under the genre Girls Going On Adventures. I didn’t plan it that way, it just happened. I wanted to read lighter books, books that seemed to have a sense of fun. Good job, self! And what a great theme for summer, really. Who doesn’t want a […]