Hello friends. It's been a while since I've updated this blog, and I'm pleased to be back with some big news. And some little news. And also hints of more news to come. So, little news first. I'm on Mastodon now, and hope to make that my main social. I'm still finding my way around …
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Hello 2023 – Updates and New Bingo Card
Hello everyone, welcome to 2023. I haven't been very active on my blog lately, but there is still a lot happening behind the scenes that I think you might find interesting. First let's talk about 2022. I published two stories this year for the weekly Reedsy Writing Prompts contest, Paula's Refuge in October and A …
Exciting Changes to this Website
Long time followers of this blog may have noticed that I didn't write anything about the Hugos this year. And that I haven't posted anything for a couple of months. This year, I've been feeling as if I've turned a hobby I love into a tedious job. Don't get me wrong, the reading challenges are …
Unboxing the Creepy Book
The bubble wrap does detract from the forbidding aura of the book I admit. You ever get an impulse to order a cursed book online? Last month I learnt about Einar Baldvin's beautiful but creepy graphic novel The Crawling King, and I instantly wanted it. The book is a collection of scraps of stories and …
Nebula Award Winners 2021
The winners of this years (last years? Depends how you look at it I guess) Nebula Award have just been announced. Check out the full list here. First off, winner of the Best Novel award goes to A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark. I am super psyched about this for a number of …
Locus Award Finalists 2022
The 2022 Locus Award finalists have just been announced, and I want to quickly go over them and make some comparisons with the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Just quickly here. There are ten finalists in each category, and the full list can be found at the Locus Magazine website here. In the novel categories, there …
Hugo Nominated Short Stories 2022
With the Hugo Nominees announced, I decided to dive right into the short stories. The finalists this year are a good batch, and are all free online. The first three stories in this list; Mr. Death, Proof by Induction, and Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather, are also finalists for the Nebula Award. Here's what I …
Hugo Finalists 2022
The finalists for the 2022 Hugo Awards have just been released. For the full list, check out the the Hugo Award site here. For here, I'm going to mostly focus on the four written fiction categories; the novel, novella, novelette and short stories. In the novel category, there were a total of 443 works nominated. …
Hugo and Locus Award Nominations
It feels like I've only just stopped talking about the 2021 Hugo Awards, and now nominations are open for the 2022 awards. In fact, they opened up just after the ceremony, but I haven't been blogging a lot lately. Nominations for the Hugo Awards are open to all members of both the 2021 DisConIII and …
Terra Ignota Re-Read Part 3: First Read of Perhaps the Stars
Oh wow. OH WOW. This is how you wrap up a series. It's been a month since I finished Perhaps the Stars, and I am still just in complete awe at this series. So much was payed off, and the war was depicted so well. I'm going to try and be lighter on spoilers here …
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