If You Give a Girl a Library
If you give a girl a library, she’s going to want a library card. When you give her a library card, she’s going to check out as many books as she can. Then she’ll want to carry them all home on her own. When you give a girl a library card, she’s going to go […]
Coming Attractions
Apparently there’s snow in tomorrow’s forecast and while summer has been outrageously cool and strange, I refuse the idea of snow entirely. I’ve still got another week for nightswimming, and this will not be taken from me! *shakes fist* This post feels like a drive-by, but it contains all the coming things, I hope… News! […]
Never Just Us
[pullquote align=center] The universe is a pretty big place. It’s bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it’s just us… seems like an awful waste of space. -Ellie Arroway, Contact [/pullquote] As I pondered writing about my book birthday (oh frabjous day!), I realized there was a lot more going on […]
Callooh! Callay!
I’m having another one of those moments. When you can’t quite believe a thing has come to pass. This seems to be a recurring theme of 2014. In February, I told you about selling my first story to Lightspeed Magazine. And today, I can tell you that story is available in Issue #51. It’s a […]
She’s Kick-Ass With Her Pick-Axe
I have played Tomb Raider since its debut and initially planned on skipping the 2013 release when talk of a rape scene arose. Having played Lara since 1996, I had no desire to see her raped if I failed in my game play. Rape isn’t a game. But then the game was on sale, and […]
Black Bra, White Tee: The Fault in Our Lucy
Yes, spoilers. (We aren’t even going to talk about the science, because science isn’t why you’re going to see this film. You are probably going to see ScarJo kick butt. ScarJo’s performance is strong, without question–but we’re going to talk about, oh em gee, the female character.) When I got my first bra, I remember […]
Rings of Anubis, Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE Paris, France ~ October 1889 Virgil Mallory came into Eleanor Folley’s life during the autumn of her thirtieth year, a time when she should have been perfectly content to be with her father, books, or specimens from the field. Hers was not the life of a nun, she assured people (indeed, many […]
Well
When you’re a writer — No, wait. When you’re human, and want something over the course of your entire life, you spend a lot of time thinking what it will be like should you acquire said thing. Maybe it’s a lollipop. Maybe it’s a free-standing mixer. Maybe it’s an entire cheesecake all to yourself. Maybe […]
Blue
I grow amused that I don’t play blue more regularly in Magic the Gathering, given how magical (!) swimming is proving to be for me this summer. Over the course of the spring, I’ve been struggling with an idea for a new novel. Having the basic idea wasn’t a problem — oh, I had settings […]
Fulla Beans
Beth sent me this very bad-ass snail and it’s hard to be anything other than happy with this on one’s desk. Wheeee. This picture ended up in the same file as the photos for bean salad (and/or relish), so I thought I’d mash them all into a post here…but please don’t add snails to your […]