Some say it’s a glitch. GLBT themes weren’t meant to be removed. Someone meant to pull “gay sex” stuff and went too far. But if you go on Amazon and search “homosexuality,” it seems the ANTI-gay stuff is still there. Search “gay” and the first result you’ll get (at least, that I got when I […]
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First, an explanation. #queryfail is an event that happened on Twitter, where agents and editors Tweeted about why they rejected queries. Sometimes it was a sentence from the query, sometimes it was a comment like “four paragraphs about his education, not a word about the book.” All author identifiers were removed. Now, of course, because
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Because injustice should matter to all of us. Sign the letter. Spread the word. “Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
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In that order. Or maybe not. But I am sick, and I am brain-dead, and I can accomplish nothing tonight.ย Except, of course, to lose my temper at my dear little one who simply cannot learn that there are times at which she should stop attempting to push mommy off the cliff of sanity. Sigh.
I may have to run away from home (and the internets) to get anywhere on this blasted re-write. Damn it.ย 3900 words.ย That’s eighteen words added today. Bleh. I didn’t do too bad in other things.ย Actually cooked dinner AND did dishes, and looked over the kid’s homework and quizzed her on multiplication while I
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Elizabeth Bear had quite the brouhaha over on her LJ recently, when the subject of writing characters of color came up. Sadly, I missed the beginning, and I couldn’t locate just where it started. But in her final word on the subject, she laid out some facts with which I can’t help but agree. I
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The kid and I had a discussion of “fair” the other day. I used this video to illustrate my point. Where would you be, if you started where that kid did?