Where last time I recommended all fantasy books, this month I decided to go in the complete opposite direction and talk up some science-fiction books I’ve read recently. NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee (Science-Fiction) The biggest compliment I can say about Ninefox Gambit is, I wish I’d picked it up sooner. Far sooner. Back … More May 2020 Recommended Books
Before I talk about my May prep, I feel I have to go backward, all the way to last year. Pre-corona, pre-quarantine, to when the world didn’t seem so bleak and 2020 was the epitome of hope, excitement, and expectation. The idea of attending a workshop (I’ve attended two prior: a fiction writing one at … More My Odyssey Workshop Experience 2020: The Application
This month has been more spring than winter where I live. Can’t complain about that XD Yet, I worry there won’t be that final frost to kill all the bugs and we’ll be beset with a gnat and mosquito swarmed, spider-cloud explosion in a month or two. You know those days where the air is … More February 2020 Recommended Books
My first Check-In post in this auspicious quest. I’m going to admit, I thought this would be a breeze given word count in books in the 1960s were far and away less than the current average word count. What I didn’t take into account was the -isms. Sexism, racism, etc. And some of that can … More Historical Nebula Nomination Read Series [1965] Check-In #1
I haven’t posted this before, but I feel the need to announce I’m now the parent of a teenager and have been for a few months. I don’t feel old enough to have a teenager. Nor do I feel capable of keeping up with feeding one. How does one do that? Add an addition to … More January 2020 Recommended Books
I never made proper goals last year, so I don’t have a clear comparison. No way of showing whether I had a good year, a bad year, or some amalgamation of the two. I’m going to crop it all up to being good though, for I’ve had a lot of new beginnings, focused on what … More Into 2020
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