August 28 is International Read Comics in Public Day. So here is a picture of me reading my (signed) copy of Power Girl: A New Beginning while in the queue as the supermarket.


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I’m loving a lot of things at the moment, so here’s five of them.
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This post is sort of a continuation of my previous post Girls Love Superheroes. There were so many links and recommendations I wanted to feature but could not fit in, especially as my post got longer. Because of this I’ve decided to make a couple of follow-ups.

Today’s focus: a pile of links related to women and comics. This is by no means a spam ( Read more... )

“Women are not fans of superhero comics for the same reason men are not fans of romance novels… because they aren’t.” [Source]

“You know who the main target audience for super hero comics are? Fans of super hero comics.” [Source]

It’s not a new attitude - comics are for boys, no girls allowed, girls don’t like comics so why bother listening to them ( Read more... )

As I am nearing the end of another short story I found myself wondering what I should do with it. I already have one of two short stories posted here on the blog plus a few more floating around on my computer.

So the question is: what should I do with them?

On another note, I am heading away for the weekend, which means some travelling time plus ( Read more... )

I love combining music and writing. Making playlists for WIPs really helps me get in the mood and prepare for starting a piece. And sometimes songs just inspire one completely.

For the past two days I have been listening to Guillotine by YADI and after listening to it once or twice a story started bursting from my head like Athena. It’s a glimpse ( Read more... )

For last year’s NaNo I was working on a reimagining of The Snow Queen set in modern London at Christmas. However I haven’t worked on it at all since the middle of November, which was when my grandmother died. It took me a while to come back to Winterheart because, well, my grandmother is in it. She and I were talking about my writing (which she was ( Read more... )

I have spent about three and a half weeks out of the last five with colds, strep throat and a bunch of other things besides the regular illness I have been struggling with since May. This is not fun, for many reasons.

• Snot. Ew.
• I cannot brain as my head is constantly aching.
• My body aches too.
• Cough cough cough.
• Snot. How many trees have I wasted?

I just realised that it has been almost two months since my last post. And that that last post was basically a funny picture with a comment.

And that that funny picture with a comment was my first post on this blog in almost two months.

1) Oops. 2) I think I am sensing a theme here.

So I am trying to rectify this somewhat. Maybe. I have a cold so ( Read more... )

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