CW: Cancer Stuff
So we’re still in a holding pattern here until the oncotype comes back (hopefully next week, when I have appointments Tuesday AND Wednesday (medical oncology...
I've been thinking about healthcare, health outcomes, and American exceptionalism.
Cancer stuff updates will be a little delayed, as everything is sort of up in the air scheduling wise as we deal with delayed testing results and a minor...
Horse stories
So we missed last week’s lesson, due to a doctor’s appointment. This week’s lesson was working on crossrails, walking and trotting over them, and trotting...
October Book Club Post
Hey folks, So I'm still not making huge progress on the reading front--I've been distracted by a lot of podcasts, and I'm really enjoying 99% Invisible,...
CW: Cancer stuff
I am serving my primary purpose as a cat warmer while writing this, so know that all is well in the world. Just to quickly get everybody up to date, I had an...
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Pastel shit-talking centaurs discover the true meaning of friendship is dealing responsibly with your damage
I wish I had written this fucking show. So my friend Alex decided to watch Centaurworld about a month ago, and wandered into a group chatroom we’re both in...
CW: Cancer stuff, but mostly positive.
Today I talked with a social worker about coping strategies, and a genetic counselor about genetic testing for genes that make recurrent cancer more likely,...
CW: Cancer stuff. c-PTSD stuff. (This one for subscribers because it's very personal) "For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer."
additional CW: this is a whine. I have to say, I’m not coping well emotionally right now. I was doing pretty well holding it together until after surgery and...
Horse stories
So, given my general state of discomfort for the past two weeks, I have not been riding. However, I have been out to visit the boys, and done two lessons on...
Unicorn chaser
Because we all deserve some cat photos after that last one.
A few exciting changes around here.
Hey folks! I have successfully hired a Discord administrator, a queer woman with literally decades of experience as a forum moderator in the gaming industry...
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...
The horrid glory of personal responsibility
So this screencap is going around the internets and I have no idea who the person is who posted it but it made me laugh like a drain. Just because this is so...
Cat politics
Of our four cats, Duncan is the boss cat, but he is a (mostly) benevolent dictator. Fafhrd is a horrible bully, but he's smaller than the other two boys and...
Horse stories 10
This guy saved both of us from a scary situation today, and I'm super proud of him. The morning started amusingly as I showed up at the barn first thing to...
Paperback Bookday!
Oh look, it's the US Paperback of MACHINE!
Social Media is a nightmare hellscape from which we are trying to awaken. Also, take a day off; you deserve it.
Hey, folks, So I took a long weekend off ("off" in this case just means I am not looking at The Folded Sky right now or until tomorrow, dammit, although I...
How To Survive A Literary Life
Hey folks, Here's a link to a zoom talk I gave on dealing with the pressures of being an artist in public in the current era. I hope you enjoy and please...
June Book Club
Well, I actually seem to have read a lot of things this month, even if several of them are my own work that I'm reviewing! In addition to that, however, I...
Horse Stories 9
Ormr had a busy last weekend! And hasn’t done much this week, because it’s much too hot to make him work right now. The stall toys appear to be keeping him...
NEW STORY DAY
Hey folks! Catch up on the latest adventure of Auga Hacksilver, long-suffering bisexual Viking sorcerer, and his history of poor relationship choices, here....
Horse Stories 8
Well, it's been an interesting week, whereby interesting I mean challenging, but we're all still here and our heads are above water. I am not sure I'll be...
Horse Stories 7
Summer is here with a vengeance, quite suddenly. It was 40 degrees last weekend. Today, it is over 90. The horse is in his barn, and my exercise for today...
What we've been doing around here...
Dinner is cooking. It's chicken and rice with root vegetables and a Greekish dill yogurt sauce. I have spent most of the day working on White Space #3, The...
Horse Stories 6
Last Thursday, when we had our riding lesson, we did a very ridiculous thing, which involved trotting around poles, moving traffic cones from one pole to...
May Book Club
I finished The Stand. Honestly, I kind of feel like that’s enough for one month. But! I also reread (re-listened?) Stephen Brusatte’s podcast-ish The Rise...
Horse Stories 5
I'm writing this on Thursday, May 20th and will send it out next week. Ormr is on a diet, and he's not too pleased about it. You will notice that there are...
THE RED MOTHER cover
Art by Greg Manchess. Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Coming next month from Tor.com.
The Red Mother cover reveal tomorrow
If you like: -Sarcastic queer disaster Vikings -dubious ponies -riddles -kinship duty -poor life choices This one's for you. Cover reveal tomorrow! Story...
Protagonist syndrome: what it means to you.
Hey, folks, So we’re still working our way through Breaking Bad and also Life. (Scott has watched Breaking Bad before and liked it; I watched Life before and...