Does my gender affect my writing? I think the answer has to be yes, with the qualifier that all different aspects of who I am influence my writing. I’m a mother, an engineer, and a rabid fan of Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Does this impact my writing? Yes. I’m a wife, an elected official, and a sucker for deep… Read More
And how strange is that question? The World is The World, right? Not exactly. Ever since 7th grade Spanish, I’ve known that some languages associate masculine and feminine with items that in English are not gendered. A chair is just an inanimate object in English, but in Spanish it is la silla (feminine) and in German it is der stuhl (masculine)…. Read More
From the IT Department of Feline Intelligence: I don’t normally do videos but this one makes me laugh out loud. Every. Single. Time. If you have some cat-funny to share, leave a link in the comments! Also: I’m posting over at the Scribbler’s Cove on Intentional Reading, or how I use reading to improve my writing.
Are boys stereotyped in YA (young adult) and MG (middle grade) books? There’s been a rash of discussion on the blogosphere about stereotypes of boys in YA lit (The Sweet One, The Bad Boy, The Nerdy Guy) and the subsequent lack of boy readers of YA, as they avoid the aisle of pink-kissy-lip covers like a toxic spill. The amazing boylit… Read More
If you haven’t heard about the new spin-off of the Myth Busters show, Head Rush, well you need to check it out! Kari Byron does an awesome job of talking about the science behind the wildly popular (at least in my house) Myth Busters experiments, where stuff gets blown up, shredded, pressurized, and melted, all in search of busting myths like… Read More
Me: Hello? My dad: Happy Birthday! I got you a birthday present, but it’s going to be late because it was back-ordered. It’s a book. Me: Books are good. Yanno, you wouldn’t have that problem with an e-book (thus diving into our perpetual e-book discussion). My dad: Yeah, you’re never going to convert me to those. I like my paper… Read More