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Are there not enough good SF/F storytellers? Not enough good storytellers writing about radical feminism/gender/body politics? Or, you know, is feminism just so five minutes ago that we’re all content to write about strong female heroines who are just assumed to be “equal” in whatever made-up society we throw together – where men are men […]

Well, that does it! I’m going to take a short break from the blog to sort out some personal stuff and avoid allowing BW to become a morass of random postage. See you all on Monday. “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”– Franz Kafka “Freedom is what you do

Find your own pose! Oh, god, now I’m doing a quiz. This really IS becoming an LJ. I need to write something quick about blood, fighting, abortion and the lack of women authors in SF&F. Sweet fuck. (via bond)

Well, Jenn’s out tonight, which is actually nice, because even though I love her, we’ve spent a lot of time together since I got sick, and I know she’s been avoiding social stuff. Bah. I’m not an invalid. It’s also good for me, I think. I’m reminded of why I both love and hate living

This is getting ridiculous. But you know what? I can’t stress or comfort-eat anymore. I mean, about the best I can do is be like, “Whoooo! I’m going to go all out tonight and have three graham crackers after dinner!” or “Oh, man, I’m *totally* going to live on the edge and eat a 1/2

How to hack a bank. It’s a lot easier than you think: We figured we would try something different by baiting the same employees that were on high alert. We gathered all the worthless vendor giveaway thumb drives collected over the years and imprinted them with our own special piece of software. I had one

Nick’s got a post up about.. basically, how to actually make money writing fiction. And yea, it means stepping out of the ghetto. I remember getting a ton of very nice rejections from various SF/F mag editors for my story “Two Girls.” The most frustrating rejection came from an editor who suggested I send it

Interview with Christopher Priest in this month’s Locus. Christopher Priest is my hero. I recommend this (I’ve read it four times) and this (ah, my inspiration for war and bug tech), to start. It’s fantastic mindfucking fiction. In a totally literary way.

Really, really hate it. Respond to my resumes, oh Google corp, oh Starbucks Corp, oh Various Businesses Downtown looking for coordinators/admins/assistants/secretaries/receptionists – I will even bring you coffee! Yes! I will stoop so low! Anything but this disaster, this lowering of the bar one cell tower at a time…

This whole “nice guy” thing is really making the rounds on the internets. What’s a poor, well-meaning young male to do? The thing is, Pete continued, I don’t think girls want feminist guys! You know that whole thing where girls aren’t into nice guys but would rather have bad boys? It’s like they say they