I said I wasn't going to do a post this week, since I'm on vacation, and this isn't one really. It's just I realized I hadn't done a personal post on here in a while. So I thought I'd take a minute to check in! 2021 got off to a rocky start, no surprise, but... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Today we have a special post, a review of an ARC I recently received through NetGalley. The book is No Gods, No Monsters, by Cadwell Turnbull. It is forthcoming from Blackstone Publishing on September 7, 2021. LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Own Voices, Urban Fantasy, Caribbean SFF No Gods, No Monsters is a profoundly experimental work featuring time... Continue Reading →
Kate Daniels re-read
Back in 2020 I re-read the entire Kate Daniels series from start to finish in anticipation of the release of Blood Heir in January 2021 (reviewed in January's Reading Round-up). I also wanted to figure out what it is about Ilona Andrews' work that is so much fun to read, in the hopes of being... Continue Reading →
Good news struck yesterday! A Sinister Quartet has made the 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List in the Anthologies category. You can vote to support our anthology, along with a bunch of really great books, novellas, stories, and collections, via the Locus poll. "The Twice-Drowned Saint," which is Claire's contribution to the Quartet, was also included... Continue Reading →
2020 Locus Recommended Reading List!
Reading Round-up: January 2021
Hello, hello! It's time for a Reading Round-up. I read a lot of books over the months of December and January, as might be expected, though most of December was taken up with a Kate Daniels re-read for reasons that will become apparent below. My TBR is huge right now because I also purchased a... Continue Reading →
Finding joy
I can't remember the first time I felt the total rightness of writing a scene, but I remember the first time I realized what I felt. I was nineteen, working on Child of Brii, and I cackled to myself when finishing out a paragraph. In that moment, the elation I felt was one of the... Continue Reading →
#seashantytok and The Joys of Collaboration
2021 is starting off in full dumpster-fire fashion, but it has also given rise to one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet. Let's talk about #seashantytok. https://twitter.com/BloodyDeath11/status/1348759448337186816 I've been watching the evolution of the Wellerman arrangements on TikTok with glee over the past few weeks. As you can see from the... Continue Reading →
Looking forward in 2021
Hello folks, and welcome to 2021. If you're like me you're not really feeling those resolutions this year. We're still in the middle of a pandemic, though vaccinations are dispersing somewhat, and we've got a few months more at best of our new, strange reality. And of course there is a lot of uncertainty right... Continue Reading →
The year in review
So hey, it's the end of December! I know it doesn't feel like it because this year has simultaneously gone on forever and passed in the blink of an eye. What is time? Does it have any meaning anymore? (That's rhetorical, we all know the answer is "no".) This year I did what feels like... Continue Reading →
Finding peace in the Good Place
I've watched a lot of people die. This is a morbid place to start this particular blog entry, but I recently realized that not everyone is as involved in the deaths of their loved ones as I have been blessed to be. I have felt, watching my great-grandmothers and my grandparents and and the S.O.'s... Continue Reading →
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