Monthly Archives: September 2011

Larbalestier, Lessing, Link

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Erin

Today’s helping of women writers of science fiction and fantasy includes Justine Larbalestier, Doris Lessing, and Kelly Link. If any of their work sounds interesting to you, please do check them out — and if you have enjoyed something by … Continue reading →

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“Blood Brother” for sale

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Erin

As promised, this is the other story I’ve put up for sale recently. It’s what’s technically known as a novelette — about 13,000 words — longer than a short story, shorter than a novella. The cover is by Jade E. … Continue reading →

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Short story “Spiders” for sale

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Erin

Last week, I put up a couple more short stories for sale. I’m going to tell you about one of them today and one next week — I’m still waiting for it to go live on the Kindle store. Lenny … Continue reading →

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Kenyon, Kiernan, Kress

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Erin

Today, I’m talking about books by Kay Kenyon, Nancy Kress, and Caitlín R. Kiernan: two science-fiction works and one not-quite-ghost-story. If anything sounds good to you, be sure to check out the book and other work by that author — … Continue reading →

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Friday flash — growing ivy

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Erin

Today’s drabble is inspired by Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenge, using three of the following five words: enzyme, ivy, bishop, blister, lollipop. (Note if you haven’t visited his site before, some of the language is not words I would say … Continue reading →

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Jemisin, Jones, Jones

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Erin

Today’s review of women writers of science fiction and fantasy includes N.K. Jemisin, Diana Wynne Jones, and Gwyneth Jones. If any of their work sounds interesting to you, please do check them out — and if you have enjoyed something … Continue reading →

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Running into autumn

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Erin

Yesterday was the half-marathon I’d planned to run in this year. (The main event is a marathon, but they also have the half-marathon and a 5k.) I knew earlier this year that I wasn’t going to be able to do … Continue reading →

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Ian, Ibbotson, Ingalls

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Erin

Putting together today’s post was a bit of a challenge; there just aren’t that many I authors out there, and when you limit it to women authors of speculative fiction, the number dwindles further. (Yes, I am aware that Q … Continue reading →

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Crossing the streams of genre

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Erin

Okay, crossing the streams is an obvious image to use when talking about crossing anything, especially with any kind of an SF/F background (or an ’80s movie background). But it’s a bad analogy, because crossing genres is a good thing, … Continue reading →

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