In case you missed it, I did a humongous thread on Twitter of feminist retellings and re-imaginings that I've loved in honor of International Women's Day last week! For ease of reference, I've transferred the list to blog form. https://twitter.com/skylit1/status/1368929129349996551 The original tweet, if you want it. Books The Gods of New Asgard (series) by... Continue Reading →
Erased: a delightful thriller
I've become a lot more selective about what anime I can commit to as I've gotten older. A lot of times I will watch one or two episodes of something that really seems like a good concept and just can't get into it. And at first, I thought Erased was going to be one of... Continue Reading →
Checking in with the writer
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 →
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