There’s a war going on right now in the science fiction community–between what used to be the establishment (a group called the Sad Puppies–mostly conservative, mostly male, mostly white), and the new establishment (everyone else). Without going into too much… Continue Reading
If I have to read any more stories about kids kicking airplane seats, or that time someone’s meal was ruined, or the jerky parent that let their kid run wild like a monkey, I might Elvis my laptop screen. I don’t want to read yet more… Continue Reading
I was at a high school reunion a few years back, when a childhood friend asked, “Are you as nice as you always used to be?” Very sweet, of him. Except, I knew definitively that the answer to that was a “hell… Continue Reading
NPR has published its list of 100 great romance novels. The list was based on votes from the public (more than 18,000!), which were then winnowed down. I didn’t read my first romance novel until my mid 30s. It was then that I… Continue Reading