Possibly the single most beautiful and profound discussion of racial discrimination I’ve ever seen. It’s gentle, it’s lovely, and it’s all in pictures! But seriously, it’s lovely. And profound. Check it out. #LightenUp by Ronald Wimberly. Read more:You Only Need Three Things In LifeSo I've Actually Really Missed Blogging?Confirmation: Amines Are Like Drugs 
I’ve blogging about this here before, but it can always stand a reprise… Finally, I figured out why it is that I don’t like depressing fiction in any form. I thought about trying to explain this to some of the people that know me in person, but really, it’s a kind of weird, complicated answer
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And this repost, obviously, is applicable to so much more than writing. This is one of those old posts I read and go – wow, you know what? I actually used to be kind of smart sometimes! *shakes head*. But anyway, for writing, just substitute YOUR dream, because the point still applies: if it’s a
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Today – and I’m sorry to lump this on you – but today is one of those days where the sadness of reality is weighing me down. I’m sitting at my desk at work trying very hard not to cry just in case someone comes in, but the truth is that I just want to
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Posted this on Tumblr just now, and thought the blog could use it too. See, the thing is ladies (and those gents that need to hear this too, naturally), no one ever said you had to only love things that were perfect. Pretty sure all of us could pick flaws in EVERYTHING we love, if
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showing a documentary to the class on social media and how corporations collect and sell data based on likes and RTs etc they are all so naive and they are totally missing the point they’re all like – dude, that guy is so not even funny and i’m like – dude, he makes a living out
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So, the Brenda Novak Annual Online Auction is coming to an end (ends May 31), which means it’s a GREAT time for you to get some bids in! There are FANTASTIC prizes up for grabs – literally hundreds of them – and all the proceeds from the auction go towards research into diabetes, a condition
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Life has been tumultuous for me in the last couple of months. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it here on the blog before or not (sorry if I have!), but there were at least ten days a couple of weeks ago where we had a family disaster or stressful event for every single day.
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Ada Hoffmann is both a friend and one of my favourite writers (and, let it be said, I loved her stories before I knew her as a friend) and she has one up at the moment in Strange Horizons, which is squeeful in and of itself. BUT, I think you should go and read it
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This seems to be the universe’s message to me at the moment, a reminder that writing, this thing I love, will never be fall-off-a-chair easy, but that that doesn’t mean it isn’t the right path for me. As Maggie Stiefvater pointed out the other week in her Tumblr response to my question, it’s easy sometimes
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