The Internet has its ways to connect people and I’m not sure whether I first met Juliette Wade as a person on Twitter and then discovered her wonderful blog or discovered the blog and thought it would be neat to meet the owner. Either way, I’m very glad I crossed paths with Juliette as she is a fine lady of genre – fun, kind-hearted and the most knowledgeable storyteller I’ve ever seen. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 11] Juliette Wade and Builders of Worlds
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Musings & Rants
I have decided to talk about Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who ties nicely with the Lovecraftian vibes I picked up yesterday with Carrie Cuinn’s “Cthuhlurotica”, seen as how Moreno Garcia runs the fabulous Innsmouth Free Press – a micro-publisher working with Lovecraftian horror and Weird genre stories. I met Silvia through Twitter and stayed on as a fiction reviewer and reviewed the second season of The Walking Dead for their blog.* Read More [Women in Genre, Day 10] Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Cultural Diversity
I discovered Carrie Cuinn as an editor first and a writer later. Both instances concern short story as a form and my deep appreciation to Cuinn’s talent. My introduction came with a copy sent to me as part of my gig as a reviewer for the short-lived Rise Reviews project aimed at promoting small presses and their work. Ultimately, the project failed, but what I received was one of the best anthologies in genre I’ve read – “Cthuhlurotica”. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 9] Carrie Cuinn and Dark Wonders
I don’t know why, but I have a thing for fairy tales. Despite most female characters in fairy tales fall in two categories – subordinate, good girls or wicked, petty monsters of women, I’m drawn to the aesthetic, the narrative and the outcome. Perhaps it’s the novelty to magic and trickery or the economic style where few words are needed to dress a horror in.
Read More [Women in Genre, Day 8] Angela Slatter & the Retelling of Fairy Tales
For this post, I’m dropping the ‘and’ structure, because the current woman in genre has done so many things and influenced me in so many ways – inside and outside genre – I can’t restrict her to just one. Adele Wearing is a jack of all trades and she deserves Sunday as her day on the blog (my favorite day of the week – a day of transition). If you want to meet a powerhouse involved in the genre, then you can’t ignore her contribution. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 7] Adele Wearing – the Jack of All Trades
In March, when the idea for Women in Genre first took place, I instinctually thought about all the authors I could feature, highlight and praise, because most threads surrounding the discussion about genre in genre fiction touched upon authors. Nevertheless, authors don’t exist in a vacuum. For every author out on the shelves stands at least a hundred fans and genre professionals who’ve contributed to said author’s release. It’s reasonable to assume a portion (sometimes larger than the half, others smaller) consists of women.
Read More [Women in Genre, Day 6] Theresa Lucas (SQT) and My First Guest Review
I have more stories set in my teen years, but I’m eager to jump ahead in my tales and talk about a name I’ve spoken and written about for quite some time – always in praise and love. I’m talking about none other than Kaaron Warren, a woman with a dark mind and talented pen, because her works go in places most writers shy away. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 5] Kaaron Warren and Human Misery
I don’t remember much after Ursula K. Le Guin. My literary ventures blur together, but I clearly remember the day I read Rachel Vincent’s series opener “Stray”. The year was 2008 and it was a cold morning, when I picked the book. I actually remember that it was January – the New Year’s festive spirit still hung in the household (read this as there being delicious leftovers) and I had a very special present in my hands. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 4] Rachel Vincent and the Indoctrination of the Writer
Ursula K. Le Guin.
Honestly, I thought about leaving this post begin and end with her name. Le Guin is an immortal institution in science fiction and fantasy, better yet, a luminary (a favorite Bulgarian expression) and a damn good one at that. I don’t think there’s a generation of readers or writers right now in genre that have not been touched by one of her works. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 3] Ursula K. Le Guin and the First Novel
“You want to die,” this is something a friend of mine, who’s also a writer, had once told me in high school after showing him a short I’d written. I had titled it “The Fruits of Sun & Gold” and I didn’t know it was about death, certainly not my death. It was a travelogue in a magical land and written as a gift to a girl for her friendship during my complicated teenhood. The most particular thing about it was my reliance on purple prose and I still think it’s a pretty story, at the very least for its sentiment.
Read More [Women in Genre, Day 2] Astrid Lindgren and the Beauty of Death