About Creativity

Reading too deep into literature Comments Off

Specifically, Tolkien. Over the last year, there have been dozens of articles and op-ed pieces about the role of women in Tolkien’s work. Or rather, the lack of role. I don’t care. I love the books, I love the movies, I love the artwork (well, some of the artwork. The Hildebrant brothers don’t do much [...]

The artist as scientist Comments Off

Lately, various people have commented to me that it’s odd that someone who is very creative would also be a, well, “techie”. I never saw much odd with getting to know the innards of my computer (and hey, look – it’s another marketable skill!) while at the same time using it to create art, but [...]

Y'know, they laughed when I mused about the creeping trend of censorship. Comments Off

Now we have NJ’s poet laureate being asked to step down because he implied in a poem that US and Israeli leaders had foreknowledge of the WTC attacks. Wow. A poem…. a freaking poem people… and there are elected officials demanding he resign. He’s being branded a liar and a perpetuator of lies. Instead of [...]

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to go to a book store Comments Off

Locus Online has a nice article on Horror writing and why it’s so hard to take most of it serously. Not only do I agree, but with the changing of a few words, it would be equally applicable to the SF/fantasy niche. “Most normal readers – in the real world – saw horror as a [...]

Fun with a sewing machine Comments Off

I want a tote bag. Actually, I really need one. my current bag of choice is an army surplus knapsack that is literally older than me. My mom used it when she went to college, and handed it down to me sometime in my early teens. It’s been with me everywhere, and I’ve mended, patched [...]