Go and have a listen to episode 14 here or download it via iTunes. And as we say on the poddie – a Wonderful and Happy New Year to all of you. (The next episode of Shooting the Poo is also not very far away).
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Dec 25
Mondy’s Year’s Best for 2011
I’ve published my Year’s Best short fiction for 2011 on the Last Short Story blog. There’a about 40 stories there, a number of which you can get for free online. So plenty of great reading for the holiday season.
Dec 20
Did Lovecraft Win?
After a bout of gastro – thank you Joshua Ethan Mond – I didn’t really have the strength over the weekend to do a follow up post on gender bias issues.* So I thought I’d have a laugh and instead write about Lovecraft and racism and anti-semitism as sparked by this wonderful post by Nnedi …
Dec 14
Gender Bias, Case Number #219067
On the latest episode of Live and Sassy*, Jonathan Strahan, in responding to a question from Alisa Krasnostein, says that a lazy default for any sort of anthology or collection should be a 30% – 70% split. That is 30% female and 70% male. He goes onto emphasise that this is the lazy default and …
Dec 11
I’m bored by this as well…
Nick Mamatas’ is spot on when he categorises the whole “Why Won’t Literary Fiction love us” debate as an infantile disorder. He specifically refers to this “letter” from Daniel Abraham, which featured on SF Signal and has a vague stalkerish vibe.* But if you ever wondered about my opinion on this issue, and I’m sure …
Dec 01
My Brother’s Short Film Goes GLOBAL!!!!
My brilliant little brother, the current producer of Kids WB on Channel 9, has just posted that his small film, Reception, has been picked up by the Iron Mule Film Festival (Series) in New York. The cute thing about Iron Mule is that they hold their festival on the first Saturday of every month, screening …
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