In 2005 when my blog was on LiveJournal, I participated in the 50bookchallenge group, attempting to read fifty books in a year. When I switched…
An oft-discussed topic among writers of speculative fiction, both science fiction and fantasy, is how to name characters, places, and ideas of extraterrestrial or otherwise…
Found in Harper Lee’s *Go Set a Watchman*. I don’t want to go in to the context here, but I was almost sorry I looked…
*(Because I feel that I didn’t have much to say about this novel, it has singlehandedly stalled all the reports for the books I’ve read…
Thanks to [Deirdre Saoirse Moen](http://deirdre.net) for recommending this book. It’s not my usual fare but I was looking for material for structuring a romance plot.…