Uncanny Magazine is nominated for a Hugo Award!
Yes, you read that right. Uncanny Magazine has been nominated for the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award! Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Culture
Recap of 2015 SF/F Works I Enjoyed for Your Awards Consideration
I’d meant to get this post up before the Hugo nominations were open, but better late than never. It was a banner year for SF/F in multiple media formats, as Continue Reading →
Harassment Isn’t Just About Individuals, It’s About Communities
CONTENT NOTE: This post will discuss harassment and will contain examples of victim-blaming and gaslighting language and behavior. Last weekend, Lauren Faits, who runs the Geek Girl Chicago blog at ChicagoNow, Continue Reading →
2015 Awards Eligibility Post
Since it’s now That Time of Year when the SF/F community begins sharing lists of various works that are eligible for awards consideration (such as the Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards), I’m pleased to note I have pieces of work that I can list as eligible in several Hugo Award categories. Continue Reading →
First Published Essay of 2016 and It’s About Star Wars
I was thrilled to contribute a short essay to The Establishment’s roundtable feature, “The Significance of (Finally) Seeing Yourself in Star Wars.” Continue Reading →
2015 Transitions and 2016 Resolutions
If 2015 was about transition, then I hope to make 2016 about building new skills, having better patience with myself, reconnecting with the things I enjoy doing and people I love spending time with, and giving myself permission to take a break once in awhile. Continue Reading →
Panel Schedule for Wizard World Chicago 2015
With Uncanny Magazine’s Kickstarter for Year Two: The Return of the Space Unicorn in full swing (50% funded before the end of Day One!), Wizard World Chicago almost snuck up on me. Continue Reading →
Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter for Year Two Takes Flight
A year ago, Lynne and Michael Thomas made me the offer of a lifetime: become managing editor for their brand new publication Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Sometimes Continue Reading →
Some Thoughts on the Hugos and Reading Lists
If you haven’t been aware of the latest SFF kerfuffle since the list of 2014 Hugo Award nominees was released this past weekend, be warned, because here there be… sad and rabid puppies, apparently. Continue Reading →
Recounting C2E2 2014 and Looking Forward to C2E2 2015
A lot of this post was something I’d intended to write after C2E2 2014, but of course life happened and next thing I knew, it was time to prepare for Continue Reading →