You may remember the tale of a certain shady publisher. Writers are a resilient bunch, however. We know how to deal with adversity: write it, publish it, triumph over it. As the Hávamál teaches us: Cattle die, kinsmen die,You will die the same.The one thing that never diesIs your eternal fame. For good or for…
Category: controversy
Thursday Tune: Revolution
Because I am fed up with the war against women and this sort of thing, this is my mood.
BitchBuzz: Rebekah Brooks: The Charm Offensive
I’m off to Readercon today, picking up folks along the way, including a certain mad Ukrainian in Northampton if all goes according to plan. I will doubtless post more this weekend as there are sure to be entertaining things to write about, like torturing Todd and dishing with Liz. I can’t believe I’m scheduled at…
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…