California is a weird place. It’s not just weird in the granola-nutty way the rest of the country thinks it is. It’s much weirder than that. This is a book […]
Gerald’s Game is the Best Stephen King Adaptation of 2017
Gerald’s Game was the best screen adaptation of a Stephen King novel I have seen in a long time. King’s work is enjoying something of a renaissance right now, but […]
Beverly Marsh is not Your Damsel
I got the chance to talk about the new movie adaptation of Stephen King’s IT with the guys from the Scary Thoughts podcast. We all saw the film together and discussed […]
Unseen
Dear Asshole I Met on the Street in San Francisco, I was on my way to something fun. We were right down the street from the theater where my […]
Chester Bennington, and Public/Private Grief
At 41 years old, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington has died by suicide. I did not love Linkin Park when I first heard them. I said all the same things that […]
Cinderella: There Can Only Be One
One single, definitive version of Cinderella is impossible to choose. Any two warrant a duel. But in any group of three or more similar things, a ranking is required. After […]
How to Behave at a Q&A
Tender lumplings everywhere, I have something important to share with you. It’s convention season. I enjoyed myself immensely at both BayCon 2017 and the annual Bay Area Book Festival (BABF). I […]
Queering Science Fiction
I woke up Friday expecting to run some errands and spend most of the day writing. As I was doing my morning check-in on Twitter, I saw this: Today […]
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is Reddit’s Book of the Month on r/books!
Spectacular news! The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is the book of the month on r/books! If you’re not familiar, Reddit is a site that helps people gather and discuss […]
Audie Nomination for The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
I just checked my Audible app to find out how many hours I’ve spent listening to audiobooks since I downloaded it, and it turns out that I’ve logged over a […]