N.K. Jemisin's series The Broken Earth won the Hugo Best Novel for ALL THREE NOVELS. And having just finished it - damn, I'm not surprised. Jemisin throws you into the world and uses three voices to explore it so you see it from several viewpoints in the first book. In the second book she narrows into… Continue reading Review: Hugo Winner Stone Sky!
Writing: Novel In Progress Part 2
Click here for Part 1 So I'm not 100% happy on the conversations or introductions of characters. But I barely know them yet. All I know right now... well before I wrote this all I knew was it was in space and there were ambassadors. I still don't actually know where the plot is going to go...… Continue reading Writing: Novel In Progress Part 2
Manners: Meritocracy is Bullshit
So I had someone ask me to write about this - it wasn't something I had directly run into, but the minute I googled it I went "Ah, yeah. I've heard this argument in other versions" The reason I put this as a "Manners" post is simple. If you aren't addressing your own imperfections/biases/etc. you are… Continue reading Manners: Meritocracy is Bullshit
Writing: Dream last night
I have vivid dreams sometimes. Last night was especially interesting and honestly, I kind of want to write it out because it WAS so interesting. So the dream is in third person, like I'm watching a tv show or reading a book with a good imagination (ahem). The setting is a weird mix of classical… Continue reading Writing: Dream last night
Review: Freedom
So I gave up 39.8% of the way through Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. One of few books I can say I've given up on. It might help if I could skip ahead, but that's really hard to do well in an audio book. Especially since I generally listen while on my commute and I'm driving. The… Continue reading Review: Freedom
Anime: Subbed or Dubbed
Ah, the ageless debate of subtitles vs dubbing over with native voice actors. I have an opinion (shocker!). I am going to focus on anime because I haven't seen many/if any dubbed Bollywood or the like. And I'm ignoring bad kung fu dubs. Some of them are better for the cheesy words-don't-match-mouth-moving (the soccer one… Continue reading Anime: Subbed or Dubbed
Writing: damnit!
The downside, as I've said before, to writing "the story I want to read" is when I notice an old file, open it - have an inkling of what I intended and go "damnit. I wanna know what happens!" I totally did that with a ~1 pg document. There is a teaser. A tiny, itsy-bitsy… Continue reading Writing: damnit!
Review: The 10th Kingdom
I was JUST talking about this with someone.... telling them they should watch/read/either this one!
Short Story: Mastermind or Not?
I look out over the city. There are cheers. I hate it. You see, the problem is that I tried to be a villain. I never actively tried to help people. In fact, the problem with my city was the morass of super-heroes. It was actually a problem because you had "heroes" like Betsy Bobcat -… Continue reading Short Story: Mastermind or Not?
Review: Villains by Necessity
Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward has been on my reading list for years. I read Animist when I was in HS and am still disappointed there hasn't been a sequel. But to be honest, VbN is the better book. Ironic that her debut novel is better than her second book - but it's true. I am sad… Continue reading Review: Villains by Necessity
Dream by Day 