Hi-ho, Kermit-the-blogger here on the scene of some of the most egregious dialogue diseases to strike  authors this year. Forget H1N1 – these strains are virulent and highly contagious. I also must note that a number of popular published stories  and many of my current works-in-progress have tested positive for these pathogens. So if your [...]

Apparently, I’m not done with deciding my favourite stories are sexist yet. (But I am done with sharing this link to the first episode Cracked.com’s new series starring Swaim and DOB, because I for some reason find it to be unadulterated hilarity. Suggestive content, sexual themes, and bad language.) My opening sentence isn’t fair, I [...]

Writing not-sexist stories is tough. I’m not being flippant: I’m a woman who was raised in a reasonably feminist household and who currently lives in an environment with more-feminist-than-average peers, and my first drafts nearly always make me cringe. It would be easy to explain that the stories in my head come from the stories [...]

I read Sarah Rees Brennan’s novel The Demon’s Lexicon last weekend. It was quite enjoyable (although I still don’t understand the title, but nevermind, I’m always missing details by the end of a book), and I recommend it. However, I’m bringing it up mainly because it reminded of something I’ve been meaning to write about [...]