Author Archives: Gwaetgar

I spotted this in the current Southern Review of Books newsletter. It may be of interest to people who are querying, or considering, imprints of literary fiction: “The Perseus Books Group will lay off more than a fourth of its … Continue reading →

I have absolutely no idea why I have this compulsion to compare myself to everyone else with silly memes. I suspect it has far less to do with insecurity than it does with attempts to procrastinate on stuff I really … Continue reading →

…not locked, or under a cut. Consider this an “open letter” to Livejournal and all my friends here. To be honest…I’m still sorting out my feelings about this whole affair. But I can state up front what I, at least, … Continue reading →

Last December 14th, I noted here that Gwinnett County, Georgia parent Laura Mallory had lost another scuffle in her relentless crusade to remove the Harry Potter books from the school libraries there. The school department had refused, and she had … Continue reading →

Proofreading is a pain. I proofread Mortal Touch three times, the last on hard copy, and I thought I was going to need psychotropic meds by the time I was done. Apparently, even mainstream publishers are foregoing this practice, however, … Continue reading →

Interesting controversy in Scotland at the moment: University of Edinburgh is hosting a Pagan conference amid complaints of discrimination from a Christian organization. It seems the Christian Union group was denied permission to mount a presentation of “the dangers of … Continue reading →

Gakked from hanzintrigued and lourdesmont, except that I decided to answer as if I really had the Y chromosome I should have gotten if somebody up there hadn’t screwed up! *wry smile* Hence…

This has been sent around to a couple of the small publishing e-lists I’m on. It was sent with permission to repost or forward. X-Original-To: wne-nwu@… Delivered-To: wne-nwu@… Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:25:27 -0400 From: Jan Whitaker To: Western … Continue reading →

I found this article from Wired News quite intriguing: Why a Famous Counterfactual Historian Loves Making History with Games “Counterfactual”–I guess that’s “counter-” in the same sense as “counterculture:” alternative, rather than opposing–is a term I had not heard before. … Continue reading →

*heh* Since the annoying problem I was having with my DSL connection has been alleviated (Verizon finally came and got the branch off the phone line, after two calls and six straight days of hardly being able to do anything … Continue reading →