Fantasy and science fiction books and blogposts
It's impossible to make something from nothing. I spend a lot of time feeling guilty for things. It's one of my flaws, and like many flaws it can also be a strength. It's good to know what your impacts on others are, and it's good to try to mediate those impacts as you are able.... Continue Reading →
Oh man, friends. Oh man. The entirety of Fruits Basket: 1st Season have aired, and I enjoyed it so much, as you have probably noticed on my Twitter. This is one of the best adaptations of a manga I have seen, honestly. It would have been difficult to do worse than the original Fruits Basket... Continue Reading →
A month or two ago I said I would have some announcements about what was coming up next for my writing. I wanted to share where my head has been. Please check in on my Books page or Events page for upcoming dates as they are firmed up. As you probably know, I have been... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago Barnes and Noble published a blogpost entitled "Does Science Fiction Have a Moral Imperative to Address Climate Change?" This is an interesting, if leading question - this post ended up being more of a survey of the small subgenre of "cli-fi" - climate change driven science fiction. It's a subgenre near... Continue Reading →
I watch a lot of anime. This is probably the thing I consume the most of in video form, actually. I'm not a huge fan of domestic television, mostly because it goes on forever and never gets anywhere, or randomly gets somewhere too fast (I'm looking at you, Dollhouse) but anime tends to really jive... Continue Reading →
When I started writing I understood how to write a happy ending. And then, for a while, I lost that magic. I used to think that my writing had to be serious and dark, the kind of thing you could cut yourself on. I thought of this as the kind of art that real artists... Continue Reading →
One of the things that can be really powerful about narrative is the way that it explores issues that we are currently wrestling with, either as a collective or personally. I've talked about this idea before, and so have many others. So today I'm going to continue some thoughts I've expressed in other posts with... Continue Reading →
I have a work plan so I can keep up with my monthly To Do List. It looks like this: There are good parts of having a work plan. For example, I always know what I want to be working on next. Sort of. I mean I know what I wanted to be working on... Continue Reading →
And we're back! Spoilers for Dororo this week, previously discussed in this post. The baby should never have lived. Hyakkimaru, the rightful heir to the Daigo name, was meant to die. His death, in the mind of his father, was necessary, noble. It was right. Hyakkimaru belonged to him. If Kagemitsu chose to give his... Continue Reading →
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