A while back, I wrote something really personal about superheroes and pop culture and how representation matters - that piece was published last month on ISA Professional’s blog, and I hope you’ll all check it out: Superheroes Save Us from the World.

Read on for what else I’ve published in the last week!

Things that I wrote:

Dying Your Hair: ( Read more... )

Carrie Fisher was an amazing woman: complicated and brash, outspoken and compassionate. She spoke out about mental health, mental illness, and normalizing its treatment. She lived out loud and helped others be less afraid. Losing her in the world was a blow - not just because I value her acting, value Princess then General Leia in Star Wars - but ( Read more... )

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Toward the end of the year, I finally got around to watching HBO’s Westworld. Many people had commented that it was just Jurassic Park, but with androids - an argument I found both ridiculous and reductive. Westworld, after all - the original 1973 film - was written and directed by Michael Chrichton. Almost two decades before Michael Chrichton ( Read more... )

I had several pieces published this very first week of the new year! And I won a giveaway, receiving an ARC of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn courtesy of Penguin Random House! So expect thoughts on Veronica Speedwell’s latest adventure  at some point.

Things that I wrote:

“So Your Cat Has Worms…“, over at Front Page Meews.
“New Year ( Read more... )

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Happy New Year, y’all!

Just over a year ago, I pronounced 2016 to be the Year of the Goddamn Unicorn. It was going to be fabulous if I had to throttle it into rainbow colors, you see. And there were some excellent things accomplished personally - I’ll get to those in a minute - but by and large 2016 came across as a bit of a dumpster fire. Or a ( Read more... )

Hatters’ Collectives are very secretive and magical things, indeed - they keep the best and brightest in hats, throw top-notch tea parties in Wonderland, and keep witches safe. Oh, yes - Miss Tick’s automatic pointed hat, the disguised wonder of the Discworld lowlands all covered in fake flowers? Hutmacherin von Hexen No. 13’s work. They provide ( Read more... )

To all those still shopping in the frenzied depths of holiday retail: hail and well-met! I salute you. I’m also working on some updated gift guides for you - at least for those of you of the discerning geek variety. I’m going to give you the low-down on the best books, toys, games, and more to score for your hardest-to-shop-for this year - and, ( Read more... )

Now it can be told! My reverse selkie story, “Watercolors” will be published in the upcoming Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Anthology, edited by Matthew McFarland. I can’t wait for you all to check it out; I’ll let you know as soon as I know the release date.

Things that I wrote:

“A Pinning Guide to Cat Safe Thanksgiving Centerpieces” ( Read more... )