An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
I like being asleep. Being awake is okay.
But going to sleep and waking up? Both terrible.
Test for replicants, I mean, writers:
“There’s an unfinished novel, in the desert, on its back. But you aren’t finishing it. Why aren’t you finishing it???”
“A cupcake’s never as funny the second time.”
—The Comeback, S1E12
I just finished watching the first season of The Comeback, and OH MY GOD WHAT A JOURNEY.
I would fight for Valerie Cherish. I want all good things for her. Continue reading “The Highest Stakes”
In the last year, I’ve stepped down from chairing the Cóyotl Awards, editing ROAR, and attending my weekly critique group.
Leaving these things behind has made room for new things in my life. But that’s still a lot of change, and it’s always sad to say goodbye.
That feeling when you don’t have enough spoons to figure out how to get more spoons.
So, I’m re-watching Star Trek: Voyager, and…
Janeway: Forest cat who’s spent her life acting like one of the dogs Continue reading “Watching Voyager to Get By”
Yesterday I read a beautiful story in a top market that helped me understand pieces of myself, and I stayed up late having a conversation where quotes from it helped me explain a dynamic in my life that’s been going on for decades.
This is everything art should be. Continue reading “Thoughts on the Helicopter Story”
Deep breath. It doesn’t feel like it today. BUT. I tried to watch Murphy Brown from the beginning, back when it got rebooted. And that’s a show that was ground-breakingly feminist for its time. And now… oh my god. It’s sooooooo full of sexist tropes. There are only two women, and they’re constantly at each other’s throats. Murphy is constantly put down for not being feminine enough. Continue reading ““Are We Winning?””
Snow used to be something that fell during the night and melted away before you got up in the morning.
Now snow is something that falls next week in the weather app and melts away before you actually reach that day.
That feeling when an otter in a raft shows up to save a bunch of cats who’ve been slowly drowning in the middle of a lake while arguing with each other about the best way to swim.
Spaceship log: an ancient star we used to steer by has gone dark. The maps in the database must be reconfigured.
Mike Resnick wrote one of my favorite books — A Miracle of Rare Design. It’s the ultimate transformation book, and it meant a great deal to me in high school, because it told me that no matter how I changed in the future, I would always still be myself.
RIP Mike Resnick.
Sixty years ago, Buddy Holly rhymed “maybe” with “baby,” “funny” with “honey,” and “glad” with “sad,” and I’m still listening to it today.
Don’t overthink your art. Just make it.