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The Daily Tweets, 2009-10-13: Your spearhead is wilting

Whiny “men’s rights” activists whining about the ‘feminization of SF” Your spearhead is wilting! http://bit.ly/4yddsU # @jansonjones Dollhouse getting lotsa addt’l viewing on DVR & Hulu. Rewatched all 3-so-far Season 2 eps on Hulu last night w/ my friend. in … Continue reading

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Biospherics

More on my evolving knowledge about closed ecological life support systems (CELSS) for use in my novels-in-progress projects Long Dark & Cold: biospherics is a handy new term for what it’s really all about. Continue reading

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My October reading list

What I’m reading, or at least looking at, in the rundown to NaNoWriMo 2009: space exploration, growing food in space, consensus government, & more. I’ll be writing Long Dark, about the people making the long journey between the stars to colonize another solar system. Continue reading

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Now I REALLY feel like a writer again

The short story “Cold,” which originated with my writing for NaNoWriMo 2007, will be published in the November 2009 issued of Crossed Genres. It’s about two young women, Boleyn & Bai, on a planet in the late stages of terraformation. Continue reading

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October plans

October. Change of seasons, change of gears: I’ll be resuming my title of occasional political blogger by becoming a far less occasional writer. Plans for October include gearing up for NaNoWriMo in November. Continue reading

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Eating (& breathing & crapping) in outer space

Research notes on closed ecosystems in outer space, for “Long Dark,” a story I’m trying to write in the same story universe as my 2007 NaNoWriMo “novel” Cold. Continue reading

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Cold, Crossed Genres, & Flash homophobia

Writing a story in the Cold story universe for SF/F magazine Crossed Genres — while Crossed Genres has an encounter with Flash Fiction Online‘s homophobic editorial policies. Continue reading

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Queer eye for the sci-fi (& fantasy): LGBTA writers & homophobia

The Outer Alliance was formed to “educate, support, and celebrate LGBT contributions in the science-fiction and fantasy genres” following virulent homophobic statements by Nebula-nominated writer John C. Wright. Orson Scott Card is another prominent SF/F writer with a history of homophobia and antigay advocacy. Get the skinny here, and if you love SF and fantasy consider joining the Outer Alliance. Continue reading

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Outer Alliance Pride Day 2009: An excerpt from Mistress of Woodland

As a member of the Outer Alliance, I advocate for queer speculative fiction and those who create, publish and support it, whatever their sexual orientation and gender identity.  I make sure this is reflected in my actions and my work. … Continue reading

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In some parts of the world, it's already Outer Alliance Pride day

It’s still August 31 in Anchorage, but in some parts of the world — most of it by now, in fact — it’s already Outer Alliance Pride Day.  That means that around the world, Outer Alliance members are already posting … Continue reading

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