More Hugo gender stats
I really wasn't paying attention this year when the Hugo nominees were announced, and so I was completely oblivious to...
Archive for Writers
Writers With Drinks
Ended up dozing for much of yesterday afternoon, alas—which would've been fine if I'd actually been getting restful sleep, but...
Some notable forthcoming June events
A few things I'm looking forward to over the next couple weeks: Wednesday, June 16: Closing arguments in the Prop...
Wanted: Author-name pronunciation database
Dear Lazyweb, For the past few years, I've been thinking that it would be cool to have an online database...
Curse you, snow!
Snowpocalypse 2010, part III (or is it IV by now?), has claimed another travel-plan victim. My friend Stephanie was going...
R.I.P., William Tenn/Phil Klass
I've been reading William Tenn's stories since I was a kid; his stories were scattered through a bunch of the...
R.I.P., Kage Baker
Green Man Review reports that Kage Baker died this morning, of cancer.
Very sad news about Kage Baker
A couple of weeks ago, author Kage Baker's sister Kathleen Bartholomew sent out a public note revealing that Baker had metastatic cancer. Unfortunately, things have gotten even worse.
Nalo Hopkinson speaking at Swarthmore on Tuesday
Nalo is going to be speaking at Swarthmore College this coming Tuesday evening (the 27th) at 7:30 p.m. She's a...
How do you recognize a One True Pairing?
In conventional romance novels, you can always tell who the female main character is supposed to (and going to) end...
Le Guin and the case of the missing space
I've been seeing this a lot lately, in a wide variety of contexts, so I figured rather than bringing it...
Author gender among Hugo nominees and winners
I'm still planning a post about author gender issues in general, but for now I just want to mention one...