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Signs of an amateur:

Adding comments about your story from friends and friend’s moms in your ‘reviews’ page. But they are so wonderful!

Brief interview on my short story “Belly”

Posted online here, if you’re curious about a bit of the back story of this particular piece. Charlie Finlay, guest editor of F&SF, interviewed me about my story currently out in the Jul/August issue of the magazine. If you don’t have a subscription and would like to get one, or if you’d like a copyContinue reading “Brief interview on my short story “Belly””

Batgirl’s new kicks

Yeah, it’s great and all that Barbara Gordon gets sensible shoes. And the accessories are nifty. Forgive me if I contain my squee and wonder why I have to pick between being disabled and being a woman when I want to feel represented. #oraclewasbadass

Comments on ’37 Reasons I’m Having Trouble Embracing The Moment’

Which is over here. It’s funny, true, wonderful. Well, not ENTIRELY true. Because ’embrace the moment’ is never actually good advice. It ISN’T. Some moments are not worth embracing. Mopping up the vomit and diarrhea your child just deposited all over the bathroom, for instance. Nope. Not embracing it. I won’t. You can’t make me.Continue reading “Comments on ’37 Reasons I’m Having Trouble Embracing The Moment’”

Is this the stupidest-looking swimsuit ever made?

Please discuss. Use examples. Show your work.

Validity Of CDC Autism Rates Questioned

Interesting. From Disability Scoop (please note they show a POSITIVE depiction of a kid with autism rather than a child cowering in the corner, hands over his face. Kudos.): With autism numbers rising every few years, some researchers in the field are sharply questioning the reliability of the government statistics. An editorial published this monthContinue reading “Validity Of CDC Autism Rates Questioned”

Tourette’s is not a punchline

Dear woman at CONvergence who sat through a movie next to to my ticcing son, simply plugging her ear when the tics got too loud, never complaining, never asking him to shush: THANK YOU. Dear UK press and football fans who mocked Tim Howard: you are horrible people.

July/August Issue of F&SF is on the shelves!

I forgot to mention that the issue of F&SF that I’m in (along with my darling dear Will Alexander) is now on shelves! You should prolly buy one at your local bookseller or in Kindle version (just this issue or a year’s subscription). I mean, I humbly suggest. I am ridiculously pleased with this sale:Continue reading “July/August Issue of F&SF is on the shelves!”

Cosplay. Writers. Sewing. CONvergence.

Just got back from CONvergence: the largest fan con in the Minneapolis area. It was delightful fun. One of the panels I was on was about author websites. I insisted that if you keep a blog, you need to update it. ha ha ha ha ha. So I’m going to start doing a bit ofContinue reading “Cosplay. Writers. Sewing. CONvergence.”

Mary Rickert’s THE MEMORY GARDEN

I got The Memory Garden delivered on my yoga night, and despite the fact that Mary and I first bonded over our mutual love of yoga I could not put down the book and go. It is an all-encompassing book. It enfolds you, like the garden (the garden is its own character in this novel:Continue reading “Mary Rickert’s THE MEMORY GARDEN”