That awards eligibility post that seems to be de rigueur these days...
Does what it says on the tin.
Learned helplessness is a toxic meme
tl:dr pinkertons breaking strikes something something gilded age.
Cheap ebook of THE STONE IN THE SKULL! Locus Recommended List appearance by THE ORIGIN OF STORMS!
Hey folks! It's a great week in Lotus Kingdoms news--not only is The Stone in the Skull available for $3.99 at your favorite ebook retailer (Barnes & Noble)...
When your brain won't brain like a good brain should
Hey folks, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’ve been dealing with burnout, anxiety, autoimmune bullshit, and a whole lot of resurgent c-PTSD for the...
The Origin of Storms trade paperback is on sale for pre-order at Barnes & Noble RIGHT NOW.
You know how to handle this.
Toxic Smurfette Syndrome and how to avoid it.
THERE CAN BE ONLY... lots and lots, actually.
Book Club post for Monday, January 16, 2023
Happy Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I finished reading Vivian Shaw's GRAVE INTENTIONS last night and found it charming and satisfying. Witty...
Avoidance is a trauma response
So sometimes I have a hard time making myself do things. Sometimes it’s because there are Too Many Things and I am tired. Sometimes it’s because I am sick....
Horse update
It's been a while, but Ormr is doing great. His rehab seems to be working (again) and that persnickety ankle is sound at walk, tolt, and canter and nearly...
Book club for Monday 9 January 2023
Hey, folks, what are you reading? I haven't finished anything new except a buttload of Atlantic Monthly and newspaper articles, and I listened to the...
Typing is easy. Telling stories is hard.
More on metrics.
Book club post for Monday, January 2, 2023
I finished my first book of the New Year last night: Elizabeth Hand’s Hokuloa Road (Gift link to a thoughtful Washington Post review there) and it was really...
Fuck multitasking and fuck metrics, too
I got up this morning, did some morning chores (filling humidifiers, emptying cat boxes) and checked the mail not because I forgot Monday was a holiday but...
What would this look like if it were easy?
My friend Elise Matthesen asked this the other day somewhere on the socials. (I can’t remember where and I can’t find it to link, but here’s a link to her...
Some peripheral thoughts on The Peripheral
We’ve finished watching The Peripheral, and I’ve been thinking about how amazing and hopeful it is that this wildly successful mainstream hit is entirely...
Fascism is a fandom, and people leave fandoms all the time.
I mentioned parasocial relationships a post or so ago, and that got me thinking about what those relationships provide and how they function and that led me...
Kirstie Alley died last week, and I am having some feelings about it.
I've never been somebody to pretend that the connection we feel in a parasocial relationship isn't real: of course it is, and in some ways it's both the...
Jenny Casey, Audiobook Edition
Well look at this. I'm thrilled to announce that all three Jenny Casey books are available for purchase or pre-order as audiobooks in the US... finally. :D...
Behind the times on the book club again
But I did actually manage to read a few things this month. One was How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis, which I recommend to everybody feeling...
I have a new hobby
It's stealing "No Geese Allowed" signs. Sometimes, the best way to deal with overwhelm is to be goose, do crimes. The sign beside the sidewalk sale is too...