You can find my election blogging at naomikritzer.com.

If you are looking for me in a Livejournal-like environment, I now have an account over on Dreamwidth that I use a little bit. naomikritzer.dreamwidth.org.

I am also on Twitter: @naomikritzer. (I bet you could have guessed that one.)

I've gotten worse and worse about cross-posting from my other blog. If you're looking for my political posts this election season, you can find them over at naomikritzer.wordpress.com. If you follow me on Twitter, my WordPress blog automatically Tweets out those links.

"Cat Pictures Please" is a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and (most recently) the Hugo Award for Best Short Story!

To celebrate I put my two short story collections on sale:

Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories kindle | nook

Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories kindle | nook(Neither of these collections has "Cat Pictures ( Read more... )

In the news coverage of the controversy at Nova Classical Academy, it's really clear to me that some people have no earthly idea what "gender nonconforming" is and how it differs from being trans, so let me talk about that, just briefly ( Read more... )

Nova Classical Academy is in the news today. This is the school both of my kids attend and have for years. It's in the news because a few families have responded to anti-bullying efforts at the school by renting space and bringing in the Minnesota Family Council (sponsors of the Parent Action League, named as an anti-gay hate group by the SPLC ( Read more... )

It's December, and do you know what that means? That means it's time for my annual very special article on gift shopping for people you hate.

In a better world, we'd only ever have to be presents for people we want to buy presents for. But the sad fact is that sometimes, presents are obligatory. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that ( Read more... )

Wondering if you missed any of my stories that came out in 2015? Here is a handy list with links!

Short Stories

Cat Pictures Please, Clarkesworld, January 2015.

Wind, Apex, April 2015.

"The Silicon Curtain: A Seastead Story," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2015. You can buy the back issue online."Cleanout," The ( Read more... )

In this month's issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction you can find my short story "Cleanout," which is about family secrets, and all the stuff you find when you clean out your parents' extremely cluttered house.

In this month's Clarkesworld, you can find my short story "So Much Cooking" (also available in audio) which is about a ( Read more... )

These are only for St. Paul, because as far as I was able to determine, there are no elections in Minneapolis tomorrow ( Read more... )

HOME STRETCH. Whew.

Candidates in the Sixth Ward:

Dan Bostrom (incumbent, DFL-endorsed)
Kevin Bradley
Edward Davis

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