Monthly Archives: October 2014

A Rant About Followers

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Pat Bowne

Someone reposted a few paragraphs from Quinae Moongazer’s very excellent essay on toxicity and abuse in online communities. They just happened to be paragraphs about the backlog of unpublished blog posts she had written: When I mention the icebox of … Continue reading →

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Let’s Outsource Breathing While We’re At It

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Pat Bowne

Here’s the most irritating quote I’ve seen this year. “Do not publish any author who does not understand or is disinclined to co-operate with the notion that they are your most important salesperson, no matter how important what they have … Continue reading →

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Examples

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Pat Bowne

I was thinking about feminism in the shower this morning. Specifically, I was thinking about the recent videotaped chat between bel hooks and Gloria Steinem, and how it provided a great example of friendship between feminists. But because feminism’s main … Continue reading →

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In a bad mood? Purge your blogroll.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Pat Bowne

We had a three-day week at work but we packed a semester’s worth of angst, meetings, and general academic brouhaha into it. So I am feeling rather crabby in spite of a very nice walk in the woods with a … Continue reading →

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An Uneasy Feeling

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Pat Bowne

I sold two stories to an anthology of scandinavian-inspired folk tales, but one of them was obviously set in a non-scandinavian region – not surprising, since in my fantasy world there is no scandinavia at all, nor any other real-life … Continue reading →

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Here they come…

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Pat Bowne

This summer’s sales are moving closer to actual publication. Great Light’s Daughters, a creation tale from my work in progress, will appear in the Abbreviated Epics anthology from Third Flatiron anthologies in November. You can wait for hard copies, or … Continue reading →