News, Good News, And More!
I’ve got a whole lot to get through today, so here’s my old standby, the Bulleted List!
* The last chapter (except for the Epilogue) of Selene is up!
* Sheila Simonson will be at the next Writer’s Mixer at Cover to Cover Books, October 4 in downtown Vancouver. Sheila is not only the author of the best Regencies ever written, in my not-so-humble opinion, but she’s also a wonderful person and has more writing experience in her little finger than I have in my whole BODY. If you’re in the area, come by!
* Fantastic news: Maggie Stiefvater’s Lament goes on sale today! I adore Maggie like a puppy adores her kibble.If you’re looking for an awesome YA faerie read, why don’t you give Lament a try?
* For those of you who asked, the new pump-driven espresso maker here at Casa Saintcrow is a DeLonghi.
* Ilona Andrews tells it like it is about series, writing more than one series, and starving to death on Ramen.
* Why Sarah Palin is an Aunt from The Handmaid’s Tale.
* And for the gold, swoosh, nothing but net:
When you don’t have enough regard for your country or its politics to cram effectively for the test — a test that helps determine whether or not you get to run that country and participate in its politics — I don’t feel bad for you.
When your project is reliant on gaining the support of women whose reproductive rights you would limit, whose access to birth control and sex education you would curtail, whose healthcare options you would decrease, whose civil liberties you would take away and whose children and husbands and brothers (and sisters and daughters and friends) you would send to war in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and wherever else you saw fit without actually understanding international relations, I don’t feel bad for you.
I don’t want to be played by the girl-strings anymore. Shaking our heads and wringing our hands in sympathy with Sarah Palin is a disservice to every woman who has ever been unfairly dismissed based on her gender, because this is an utterly fair dismissal, based on an utter lack of ability and readiness. It’s a disservice to minority populations of every stripe whose place in the political spectrum has been unfairly spotlighted as mere tokenism; it is a disservice to women throughout this country who have gone from watching a woman who — love her or hate her — was able to show us what female leadership could look like to squirming in front of their televisions as they watch the woman sent to replace her struggle to string a complete sentence together.
In fact, the only people I feel sorry for are Americans who invested in a hopeful, progressive vision of female leadership, but who are now stuck watching, verbatim, a “Saturday Night Live” skit. Rebecca Traister, in Salon
All I gotta say is, amen, sistah.
Look at that monster linkspam. It’s going to be tomorrow before I get to the mini-reviews, but I promise you they’re coming. Right now I’ve got a huge showdown with hellbreed, a dead hostage, and a voodoo queen to throw at my poor protagonist.
Catch you on the flip side, Readers.
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October 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I probably am the only one who likes Perry. You make even some of your bad guys likeable. Cant wait for next Jill book!
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I have got to second your amen, sistah. When I learned about Palin for VP on the McCain ticket, my instant reaction was, they must think we (women) are stupid. A mental pic. of lemmings following off the cliff. Oh there’s the “woman” ticket now….let’s vote!!! Silly I know, but I felt personally insulted. Really nothing against Palin personally, but she is just not someone I want representing country. We, currently, are the laughing stock of the world. Imagine having Palin actually speaking in the international forum. I was “on the fence” regarding this election, until they put Palin on the ticket. This lemming is making a u-turn.