When G. and I planned out this month’s blog posts, I eagerly volunteered to write about indie women of science fiction. That was before I realized how few of us there are. Ironically, it was not that hard to find female sf writers among the traditionally published. I highlighted several of my favorites in the “First Impressions” post at the beginning of the month. But until I actually looked beyond my two favorite indies, I hadn’t paid much attention to…
The Artdog Quote(s) of the Week In recognition of Women’s History Month, I thought I’d focus on quotes about women in the arts as this month’s theme. Yeah, try Googling that phrase under “images.” The quote that seemed to come back with just incredible frequency was this one: Um, EXCUSE ME, but what does that have to do with Women in the Arts? One image that came up near the top of the search results is a poster visible on the Tate website (but not available for…
Back in ancient days before the Tweeter-in-Chief became a thing and I became more focused on boosting my productivity, I could beguile hours at a time on Facebook and Twitter. I made some great discoveries during that time period, including the marvelous Debbie Ridpath Ohi (@inkyelbows), who writes and illustrates children’s fiction, creates delightful cartoons about the writing life, and turns doodles, found objects and table detritus into fanciful visions. I also discovered sf authors for older-than-children, especially Jennifer Foehner Wells, who’s become one of my all-time favorites (and…
I recently tweeted a photo of my “TBR” pile . . . not “to be READ,” but “to be REVIEWED.” I’d been giving my work area a far-too-long-delayed cleaning, in an attempt to regain (the illusion of) control over my collection of books. On an impulse, I started stacking up books I’d read but to the best of my recollection had not yet reviewed . . . oh, my. What a guilt-inducing exercise! Why guilt-inducing? Because some of those books are Indie-published. Even for traditionally-published writers,…