Monthly Archives: August 2010

The excellent women at The Book Smugglers asked me to round out their five week Young Adult Appreciation Month. ANA AND THEA: “We would like you to write about awesome female characters in YA fiction.” ME: “You know, I have … Continue reading →

Hello internets. I usually like to discuss awesome things here, but sometimes! The world is not awesome. Let’s discuss Pakistan, where 20 million people are in awful conditions after the catastrophic Indus River flooding. Help Pakistan is running a fundraising … Continue reading →

I actively seek out critical responses to my work. I am aware of three extant public critiques of Guardian of the Dead on social justice grounds. Continue reading →

It turns out that “living on the internet” and “having two jobs where I write a lot” are not actually good for my body! Who knew. So now I get to have a lot of very painful treatments in the hope of warding off TOTAL DESTRUCTION. Continue reading →

This post is for readers of Guardian of the Dead who want to note things they think were done poorly, or could be done better, in terms of social justice*. You know, if they want to. No one is obliged to tell me stuff! Continue reading →