Nine Ursa Major Nominations

This year, I received nine nominations across four categories—more nominations than I’ve ever received in a single year before. Probably more nominations than anyone has received in a single year before.
It also brings me up to a total of 52 nominations across the last 11 years.

Let’s talk about these nominations. Continue reading “Nine Ursa Major Nominations”

Working Out Emotions Through Fiction Instead of Reality

One of the costs I’ve found of being autistic is that I have to get REALLY REALLY good at managing, understanding, and explaining my emotions to others.

I see other people work out their emotions through the process of interacting with others… I rarely have that privilege. Continue reading “Working Out Emotions Through Fiction Instead of Reality”

Leo Literary Awards

If you want to help support the furry writing community, the Leo Literary Awards are still looking for volunteer judges for this year. (Both furry and non-furry judges!)

I volunteered as a Cat Writers’ Association judge for a few years, and it was a really cool experience, getting to read all the nominated pieces and think about how they rated on the standards we were using as judges. I learned a lot, and it sounded really impressive on resumes. Continue reading “Leo Literary Awards”

The Fugitive

Watching The Fugitive (‘93) with my family.

My spouse thought us up some chocolate donuts, with some of those little sprinkles on top.

We followed up the chocolate donuts with sprinkles on top with scrambled egg sandwiches for dinner. Like the sandwich Harrison Ford constructs in The Fugitive after shaving his beard off in the hospital. Because we like our theme nights here. Even if they’re kinda random.

What makes The Fugitive so good is it’s about two profoundly competent, driven characters whose goals begin diametrically opposed and flip to being aligned.

That arc — from “I didn’t kill my wife / I don’t care” to “I thought you didn’t care / Don’t tell anyone” — is just so satisfying.

The Effect of the Pandemic on Furry Writing

That feeling when you see a mainstream sf/f writer stumble on the history of Rainfurrest & discuss it with the kind of cold analysis that comes from not missing it still.

I owe so much of my career as a writer and most of my biggest successes to Rainfurrest. It left a huge hole. Continue reading “The Effect of the Pandemic on Furry Writing”

Music Synchronicity, Harrison Ford, and Mythic Quest

That feeling when you’re writing about a bunch of cat and mouse engineers building an artificial gravity generator in your novel-in-progress and the Glee version of “Defying Gravity” comes on your playlist.

Last week, my family watched through all the Indiana Jones movies, ’cause it became clear the younger child didn’t remember them. Continue reading “Music Synchronicity, Harrison Ford, and Mythic Quest”