Pandemics and denial
Here’s a great article from Ed Yong at The Atlantic (speaking of their pandemic coverage) on failing to cope with Delta and what it means for future...
Marley was dead to begin with.
My copy of the new edition of John M. Ford's brilliant THE SCHOLARS OF NIGHT with an intro by Charlie Stross just arrived from Book Moon Books, and it has a...
I have a complaint
So I have a subscription to The Atlantic Magazine, mostly for their pandemic coverage, which has largely been excellent thanks to Ed Yong and Katherine Wu....
September Book Post
I read three whole books this month. One of them was my own, the final copyedits for The Origin of Storms, which is finally scheduled for next spring and I...
Hot take
So my facile hot take on the first episode of Foundation is that they took the Good Parts version of Foundation and grafted in a whole lot of cool bits from...
I'm out of surgery and resting at home
Also I am promised tacos.
Just a little list of books about Vikings... or about people descended from Vikings...
Click on through to the other side.
Just wanted to make a special shout-out to the new folks--
You're appreciated. And you long-term denizens are appreciated, too. I've spent the evening catching up on my extremely neglected accounting, but now...
CW: cancer stuff
Surgery on Monday the 27th. Can't wait to have it over with.
Horse stories takes a fall
A week ago Tuesday, I fell off my horse. People will ask you the difference between falling off and getting thrown. It's this: when you get thrown, the horse...
The good news is that I'm a writer and already own 75 pairs of pajamas
Hey, folks. This is one of those bad news but not the worst news posts, which is to say that I've been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and am in the...
War stories
Remember when we used to go places and hang out in crowded bars? The subject of cave diving came up in a slack I'm in and I would up telling this Barcon...
Horse stories honestly I lost count
My elbow is still fussy, but not AS fussy, so I've managed a little light riding over the past week. Two trail rides, one with Alex and Magni, and one with...
August Book CLub
Hey folks. Sorry I'm late! I fucked off to the beach yesterday--and finished reading the most recent Meg Lanslow mystery, Murder Most Fowl, which is not one...
Horse stuff!
Hey, folks! I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that Ormr is doing fine. I haven’t been able to ride for the past few weeks because my...
Ahem. I seem to be nominated for a Dragon Award.
So this happened! What an amazing class of nominees to be a part of. Thank you so much to everybody who has supported Machine, read it, recommended it to...
She sings to the cat / the cat ignores her
This morning, while tidying the kitchen, I found myself singing to the cats, as sometimes happens. As best I can remember it went something like this: Why...
Postmodern Pentathalon
Hey folks, So I got curious about the Modern Pentathlon, for my sins, entirely because of those photos that are going around. You know the ones. In the...
July Book Club Post
Hey folks! There’s a bunch of reading this month that I won’t be discussing too much, because it was for an award jury, but I also just took a bunch of time...
The responsibility to be kind
Good for Simone Biles. Good for Naomi Osaka. Good for every single person who has recently stood up and said, “This situation is not good for me and I will...