Fiction for Social Change – Why We Shouldn’t Be Writing For “Grandma”
So, ridiculous take on social media – I should only write things that would not offend the “average elder” and should think about whether I would show my...
Lions and Robots, Oh My
Review: Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell Slight disappointment – I did not love this book the way I loved Someone You Can Build A Nest In. But it was also...
So Much News
Clydesdale for “tax.” I will talk about my vacation, but I can’t yet, because I have too much news! First the miscellaneous list (I know links would be good,...
A Grab Bag - Family and Violence
Andor 1.2 "That Would Be Me" As the dragnet closes, Cassian prepares to get out of dodge while remembering what happened on Kanari. (Or part of it, things...
What Are Those Giant Arrows - a Brief History of Air Traffic Control
If you’ve traveled across America, you might have come across a giant concrete arrow. Likely it’s brush covered and a little rough. If you’ve ever wondered...
Magical Girls - Not the Anime Kind
Review: Into the Wild Magic by Michelle Knudsen This book is a classic MG portal fantasy, and also about friendship. Bevvy is finding it hard to make new...
Still On the Road
Yup, still on vacation. Which means I don’t have any news as I queued this on April 29. I am definitely looking forward to Balticon. The Wine Village is...
A Grab Bag of Adventure
Wizards of Waverly Place 2.16 "Future Harper" Harper comes back from the future to write books about wizards and reveals the wizard world won't stay secret...
Leaving Space - Why Reentry is So Complicated and Dangerous
A common question on social media this week has been why there isn’t an easier way to get back down. Why did our astronauts have to go through reentry,...
Horrible Things Happening to Children
Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins So, I manage to go into this book blind, and wound up slightly disappointed. I was hoping for something...
On the Road
So, I’m somewhere in Illinois or Missouri until some time on May 12, spending several days in Hannibal, boyhood home of Mark Twain. (Yes, that’s the...
Party Time
Wynonna Earp 4.8 “Hell Raisin’ Good Time” Pumpkinhead…never mind. Rotten Jack shows up, as he apparently does every Halloween, and starts killing BBD people....
Hard versus Soft Science Fiction - Musing on Verne and Wells
Hard science fiction – science should be rigorous and credible, technology should drawn from known principles Soft science fiction – science need not be...
On Matters of Religion
Review: The Monsters Among Us by Kent Priore CW: Child abuse (including sexual, although not graphic), offensive to multiple religions At first I thought...
RavenCon and a Sale
So, by the time you read this, I’ll be settled in at RavenCon and getting ready for the start of the con. Very much looking forward to it - and I have a...
Cupid-ity
Wynonna Earp 4.5 “Holy War Part 1” That’s it. This show owes me a gay wedding. This show owes me a gay wedding. Does that count as queerbaiting? Having the...
Superman, Dragonriders, and Space Princesses - Power Fantasies in Speculative Fiction
There are some things which are very common in both science fiction and fantasy, and one of them is the power fantasy and its parallel, the escape fantasy. I...
Cats and Fairies
Review: Annabelle Kass and the Sapphire Amulet by Andy Coats This book is being advertised as YA with a thirteen-year-old protagonist. I actually disagree -...
Summer is Calling
Spring is here and I’m even thinking a bit about summer. CineMalPractice is tomorrow. Check out their Facebook page for a link to the virtual show and...
Demon Hunters, Redux
Wynonna Earp 4.2 “Friends in Low Places” Eve? Really? Methinks she’s the other one. Of course, the Nicole in Eden isn’t Nicole, but some kind of telepathic...