My latest column for BitchBuzz is actually a book review. I must say I had fun writing it. More fun than the book. Even better, BitchBuzz is now part of the Glam Media network, so there’s hope this leads to bigger and better things for the whole BB crew: There’s something to be said for…
Category: blogging
London, Books and Catching Up
After all the stress of getting away from the snow, it was a relief to get to London and sigh with happiness. My favorite place in the world. So much to see and do: unfortunately, almost all of the pictures I took were for my friend Darlene’s second grade class, who gave me a Flat…
In Anticipation of Women’s Month
Last year’s celebration of women during Women’s History Month went so well, I’d like to invite participants to be guest bloggers for this March. All you need to do is pick a day and send me (in advance, please) a blog post. Please feel free to link to your own work or sites that are…
The 11th Carnival of Feminists
Drop by the 11th Carnival of Feminists and see me there as one of the revelers writing about BitchBuzz, blogging and gender! Read all the entries and leave comments so folks know they have been heard. Thanks! Working on my syllabuses today: revising one, creating the other out of whole cloth. Now where are all…
More Serial (No Filler)
Yes, it’s Sunday night, so another chapter of The Mangrove Legacy is up. We’re back to Alice and her adventures in the eerily abandoned villa where the mysterious Gilet de Sauvinage has secreted her, while Lizzie still travels with the agreeable Mr Tilney, still recovering from his gunshot wound from the duelists. I have reached…
BitchBuzz: Blogging by Gender
My latest BitchBuzz column is up. It was sparked by the revelation this week that the uber-macho blogger James Chartrand is really a woman and the reasons she gave for that mask: Blogger James Chartrand revealed this week that “he” is actually a she and deliberately took up the name after finding it impossible to…
SMBTV #4
I rolled myself out of bed early for the fourth Social Media Breakfast for Tech Valley. This meeting focused on blogging and coordinator Amy Mengel had as guests Lara Kulpa, Christina Gleason, Amanda Magee, and as moderator, All Over Albany‘s Greg Dahlmann. My college’s Communications Department sponsored the event (and they’re hoping to host the…
Blast from the Past: Wordgeryne
Just in time for the Halloween season, my dissertation and Cthulhu-inspired short story, “Wordgeryne” will be featured over at Unbound. The story originally appeared in Lovecraft’s Weird Mysteries back in 2002. It’s kind of a fun story (well, for horror, you know) because it combines a bunch of references that amuse me: of course, there’s…
BitchBuzz: Social Media Disenchantment
My latest column for BitchBuzz, about the disenchantment toward social media by some people who had hoped it would make them rich. I’m particularly pleased that Cate used the picture from All About Eve, that I suggested. Love that film! There’s a great passage in Marilyn French’s The Women’s Room where her character Val captures…
Honest Scrap Award
In the midst of the swirl of the first week of classes, I was very charmed to be told by Jane Kennedy Sutton that she had selected me as one of the recipients of the Honest Scrap Award. You are so kind, Jane! “The award rules are simple – pass the award to seven worthy…