Be Careful What You Read
It seems obvious. What you read affects you. You know this if you’ve ever been immersed in a good book and forgot to get supper started. Maybe you’ve found yourself mimicking some of the personality…
It seems obvious. What you read affects you. You know this if you’ve ever been immersed in a good book and forgot to get supper started. Maybe you’ve found yourself mimicking some of the personality…
A few weeks ago I attended ReCONvene 2020. It was a one day virtual science fiction / fantasy (SF/F) convention, and my attendance showed just how much things have changed for me in the last…
Her Perfect Life by Rebecca Taylor is a compelling story of grief, relationships, and identity. Eileen Greyden is an overwhelmed wife, mother of three, and struggling photographer. Her sister is the ridiculously famous author Clare…
Dystopian novels and movies have been popular for years. We read or watch with morbid fascination how people survive after the worst has happened. Sometimes that ‘worst’ is a single well-defined event: a climate catastrophe,…
I recently saw this post on Twitter: The fact that it was an English teacher who said this is especially troubling, but I’m not surprised by the sentiment itself. A lot of people don’t see…