Friends! You want to read The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, starting with All Systems Red. Here's the back blurb: "In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. "But in a society where contracts are awarded … Continue reading Recommended Reading: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
This story is available in WSQ's Together Issue out from Feminist Press. Much love to everyone at Feminist Press & WSQ for letting me post this story now, when we really need it. This story is the direct result of funding from the 2018 Minnesota Artist Initiative grant I was awarded to develop new models … Continue reading My Original Fiction: Dear Reader
“The Triplets” originally appeared in Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 7 (March 2017) The Triplets Their mothers had been careful to conceive the girls under the same blue moon. Kaylee’s mother had heard from her sister-in-law, who had heard from her tennis partner, who had heard from her hairdresser that there was an old Chinese or … Continue reading My Original Fiction: The Triplets
My local library is small and a bit sad, with lots of empty shelves. But I looked around anyway, and while I couldn't find many novels of interest to me, I did pick up this Volume 1-4 collection of (H)afrocentric comics by Juliana "Jewels" Smith, illustrated by Ronald Nelson, out from PM Press. I sure … Continue reading Recommended Reading: (H)afrocentric by Juliana “Jewels” Smith
I'm as guilty as the next person of judging books by their covers and assuming I know what certain genres and sub-genres are and aren't, and which aren't for me. Had I not been gifted this novel, I never would have read it, despite knowing it won the Hugo AND Nebula awards. War, space ships, … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
I did this class once before, and it was fabulous! People had a great time and wrote cool stories. There's NO PRESSURE! Such a relief! Sign up HERE. Class Through the Looking Glass: Write & Revise a Story in Six Weeks Artists Harmony Neal We'll go through the process of drafting and revising a short … Continue reading Teaching at The Loft this Spring: Through the Looking Glass: Write & Revise a Story in Six Weeks
Through the Looking Glass: Write & Revise a Story in Six Weeks Harmony Neal We'll go through the process of drafting and revising a short story with hands on exercises to help you practice elements of craft like piquing reader interest, specificity, setting, character, and plot. This class will teach you how to come up … Continue reading Teaching at The Loft this Winter
Class The Loft Presents If: Speculative Fiction: Making the Future Irresistible Harmony Neal We'll read speculative fiction stories from A People's Future of the United States, including authors A. Merc Rustad, Lizz Huerta, Charles Yu, and Tananarive Due. We'll draft similar stories of our own. The editors :asked for narratives that would challenge oppressive American … Continue reading Teaching at The Loft Starting Tuesday
What has patriarchy done for us lately? Or ever? It's assumed by many that patriarchy benefits men at the expense of women, but feminists have long pointed out that patriarchy harms EVERYBODY, men included. As a feminist, I have a vested interest in telling truer versions of popular myths, and Madeline Miller's Circe does exactly … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Circe by Madeline Miller
I first met Shannon Gibney this summer when I took my sibling to Shannon's talk about representation in stories. Due to the other people present, it wasn't quite what was expected, but Shannon was wonderful and we got copies of See No Color and A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, which I … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Dream Country by Shannon Gibney
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