My brain lately:
I miss my dog
What if I don’t really miss my dog and that’s just an excuse? Continue reading “i miss my dog”
Deadpool 2 and Birds of Prey
Okay, so I knew Deadpool 2 would be sexist and fridge-stuffy. And if my brain were less foggy, I’d have remembered that Ryan Reynolds would spend at best 5% of the movie being pretty instead of masked. So that’s all on me and my choice to watch it… Continue reading “Deadpool 2 and Birds of Prey”
Canine Games
My Sheltie’s favorite game was “we all have toys & we’re all running around.”
This makes sense to me.
My mop dog’s favorite game is “I’m trying to chew on your face without letting you chewing on mine.” Continue reading “Canine Games”
Goodbye Trudy
Losing two dogs in two months is a lot. They were five years apart in age. Life has no guarantees.
Trudy’s last day was today… she was sixteen, and yes, she is the dog who inspired Trudith in the Otters In Space trilogy. I could never have written Trudith without her. She was a friend, part of my family, and also an inspiration — one of my muses. Continue reading “Goodbye Trudy”
Time-Period Accurate Historical Fiction
I saw some men complaining about a piece of historical fiction by a woman having too much sexism, even though it was time period accurate. This bugged me. I think I’ve finally figured out why.
History is full of sexism… Continue reading “Time-Period Accurate Historical Fiction”
How to Simulate a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
When I first watched Farscape, I was checking out DVDs from the Seattle Public Library. You’d wait ages to make it to the top of the hold list, and then you’d get to check out a whole season… for one week. Continue reading “How to Simulate a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster”
Who Gets to Be Centered and Why
I’ve never seen The Goonies before & I guess the reveal of an abandoned pirate ship in a cave would be more impressive if I hadn’t played the Deadmines a ton in World of Warcraft… but I’m still mostly baffled by how this movie seems to be so fondly remembered.
We need more art centering women — LOTS MORE — for so many reasons, but one of them is men need more practice imagining the world through women’s eyes. Continue reading “Who Gets to Be Centered and Why”
Restarting Farscape
Time to watch Farscape from the beginning!
I’d forgotten how much my upcoming Entangled Universe trilogy was influenced by Farscape… one human surrounded by colorful aliens, living spaceship who bonds with a pilot… yeah. I loved this show. Continue reading “Restarting Farscape”
Catacomb’s Orchestra
by Mary E. Lowd
Originally published in Daily Science Fiction, April 2020
Catacomb laid her paw across the tiny heaving belly of the almost drowned mouse. The poor thing was frightened out of its mind; she could feel its fright through her paw, prickly and tingly. Mouse emotions were so funny.
“I saved you from the koi pond, Little One,” Catacomb purred. “Now your life is mine.” Never mind that the mouse would never have fallen in the koi pond if Catacomb hadn’t been chasing it. She could see herself through the mouse’s eyes: massive, terrifying, death-personified. The asymmetrical orange and black splotches that had inspired her human to name her Peaches (after a bowl of peach cobbler) looked like a devastating Halloween mask to the mouse. No sweetness. All murder. Continue reading “Catacomb’s Orchestra”
The Unicorn Keeper
by Mary E. Lowd
Originally published in Theme of Absence, January 2020
Amalioona prances into the stables, her tufted hooves gleaming. They are the same sparkling shade of white as a hillside of snow in the sun. They are dainty, perfect unicorn hooves. How is it, then, that she always seems to clumsily knock over the slop bucket — no matter where I put it — and kick up the fresh hay into a veritable dust storm? Continue reading “The Unicorn Keeper”