Yes, I’ve dug out my Learning Irish book and tapes (yes, tapes O_o) and will endeavour to master what I can. I probably should have thought of it before, but thanks to Karen Hayes for asking on Facebook if I would share a description of the project I’ll be working on in Galway (assuming all…
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BitchBuzz: Judy Judy Judy
My column today seems to be snagging the zeitgeist, as Publishers Weekly picked up on the same story. If you don’t know the saga of Pennsylvania English teacher Judy Buranich, read on: The Problem with Literary Slut Shaming By K. A. Laity Because women don’t write anything important, right? Shocking revelations this week—or at least…
Frankenstein v Frankenstein
Check Todd’s blog for other featured items in Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V or add your own. It was impossible to resist the urge to see both versions of the National Theatre’s Frankenstein. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller rotated the central roles which was fascinating in itself, never mind the rest of the new script by…
RIP: Joanna Russ
I can’t add too much to the fine encomium that Todd wrote; I’ll just say that bringing The Female Man to a bunch of students at UHD, while definitely a challenge, offered a real eye-opening (and mind-expanding) experience to them as well. I’ve been talking about Russ a lot lately with folks in the romance…
April Fools Broad Pod
Okay, well not so much April fools as April fun! The April Broad Pod is up — that’s the podcast from Broad Universe, the organization that supports women in speculative fiction and has a wealth of fabulous people including me! Go on, give it a listen. Today I’m participating in a talk on “The Glass…
Handling Rejection
[I wrote this for another site, but I think it’s worth reprinting here.] This is not a book that should be tossed lightly aside.It should be hurled with great force.– Dorothy Parker From Rome I write for BitchBuzz, the global women’s lifestyle network and my column for this week dealt with — among other things…
BitchBuzz: Exploding on the Internet
So, yeah — it’s a bit late. The column I usually send in on Wednesday to appear on Thursday was there, unsent, Thursday late. I would say I can’t believe I did that, but it’s all too believable with the hectic way things are. I take it as a reminder to slow down and pay…
Kit Marlowe Speaks / TOF: Impromptu
Kit Marlowe makes a visit over at JoJo’s Book Corner today where she reads from The Mangrove Legacy and gives away prizes including an exclusive mug! This is all part of the building excitement for Authors After Dark where Kit and I and a whole host of lovely writers will be converging on Philadelphia for…
BitchBuzz: Should Writers Abandon Social Media?
Three guesses what I’m going to say — what’s that? You only need one? Yeah, go on then. Read it anyway: Should Writers Abandon Social Media? By K.A. Laity Is social media getting to be too much to manage? This week over at Publisher’s Weekly, Andrei Codrescu castigates the use of social networking as a complete waste…
Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Old Acquaintance
Why do I like pseudonyms? I don’t know. I’m sure it means something. For the first novel I wrote back in high school, Ace Spies Incorporated (my friend Carla claims to have the only existing copy as blackmail material), I gave myself a nom de plume. Weird, eh? So my taking up the moniker Kit…