Category Archives: Geekery

It’s been published!

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

It took a very long time to get here–more than four years after I started writing it!–but I am proud to announce the release of my debut fantasy novel, Thunderstone, now available at Amazon US in print and Kindle editions, and … Continue reading →

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Write what you know–and what you want to know

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Got followed on Twitter today by a neat new collective of writers, focused on folks writing PoC characters. Not sure how they found me, but I’m glad they did. In one of their first posts, they link to this Slate … Continue reading →

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Proportionate response: sexism edition

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Having a bit of deja vu this week that calls back to the Benedict Cumberbatch thing, and the fact that we hold famous people to dichotomous standards: simultaneously worshiping/defending them from reasonable criticism and tearing them to absolute bits when … Continue reading →

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My Life in TV

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

…because I like making lists, apparently. :) What I find interesting, looking over this huge list, isn’t how much of my life has been spent in front of the tube (which is, to be sure, slightly scary), but how much … Continue reading →

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Faster, higher, stronger, smarter

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

News of the amazing feats of athletics at the Olympics in London has been coming fast and thick. So, too, has grumbling about NBC’s stunted coverage of the events. Frankly, the coverage isn’t any different from what it’s been in the past–US coverage … Continue reading →

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Potpourri

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

A few things have come up in the past several days that touch on topics of previous posts. Won’t rehash it all, therefore, but figured it’s worth making a few points.

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Last post on the con-models thing

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Getting some good, thoughtful comments and having some good discussions on the first post in this chain, but they’re getting a bit meta. I’d kind of like to steer this back to the original topic, which is my assertion that … Continue reading →

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Addendum re: privilege and the abuse thereof

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Something that today’s geek sexism thing has brought up: it’s kind of astonishing, if not surprising, how so many people who abuse their privileges think that being called out on that is a complaint about their privilege, rather than the … Continue reading →

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Geek authenticity and sexism

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Much as I love Scalzi, his response here to the clumsy denouncement of con babes here is kind of missing the point–and also making things worse. That this comes on top of last week’s debacle with Simon Pegg drooling over … Continue reading →

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Life as an MMO

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Loved this bit from John Scalzi about how Straight White Males are playing the game of life at its easiest setting (a much more sensible and less-loaded metaphor than the idea of privilege–though you’d never know it from looking at the … Continue reading →

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