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Writing Bits: Armadillocon Writer’s Workshop
This week Shaun gave me permission to talk about the Armadillocon Writer’s Workshop, which is a little event that I run for my local convention. It’s close to my heart for multiple reasons — among them...
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204. Caribbean SF w/ Karen Lord, Tobias Buckell, and Stephanie Saulter —...
Histories, languages, and micro-states, oh my! Authors Tobias Buckell, Stephanie Saulter, and Karen Lord join Julia and Shaun for an in-depth but wholly unfinished discussion about Caribbean sf. We...
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My Superpower: James L. Sutter
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
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Language in the Written Word
The Philippines is home to more than a hundred languages (and that’s not counting the number of dialects). But there are only two official languages in the country: English and Filipino. The official...
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205. Mary Anne Mohanraj & Cecilia Tan at ICFA (An Interview) #WorldSFTour
Sri Lanka, erotica, and world sf futures, oh my! Mary Anne Mohanraj and Cecilia Tan join Julia and Shaun at ICFA to discuss a whole lot of amazing things. We cover the history of Circlet Press, the...
View ArticleLanguages Matter: Some Thoughts on Language and Dialect
I want to expand on what I have written in my essay, “Languages, Dialects and Accents: Why Our Voices Matter.” Much has been said about the use of dialect in science fiction and the outcry that...
View ArticleBusiness Time – Many Paths up the Mountain
This last weekend, I was at BaltiCon in Hunt Valley, MD. I had the pleasure of being on a number of business/business of writing panels, and I noticed something very cool that I wanted to loop back...
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When Calls for Diversity Are Not Enough
As a writer and reader based in Southeast Asia, I’ve been pondering the term “diversity” — at least, in the context of it’s use on the Internet. First, it’s focused on the Western publishing industry....
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The World SF Blog — One Year Later
By the time this post goes up — at least in my part of the world — it will exactly be a year since the World SF Blog was retired. Its success, in my opinion, lies in the hands of the editor-in-chief of...
View ArticleListening To My Ancestors
Author’s note: This blog post will be a little bit different from the usual SFF in SEA variant. Recently, I was rocked by a wonderful and startling revelation from my dad about his grandmother. My...
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My Superpower: Max Gladstone
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212. Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas (a.k.a. Ood-les of Fun) at CONvergence
Smooching time travelers, editorial ninjas, and the feels, oh my! Lynne Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas join Paul and Shaun at CONvergence to talk about Hugo nominations, Queers Dig Time Lords, Apex...
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My Superpower: Tansy Rayner Roberts
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My Superpower: LJ Cohen
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View ArticleEnglish as the Center and Its Privileges
Daniel José Older recently uploaded an appropriate video titled Why We Don’t Italicize Spanish: This incited reactions from several people, including Bryan Thao Worra: [View the story “Bryan Thao Worra...
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My Superpower: Tim Lees
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View ArticleWrite101x: University of Queensland Free Writing Course!
Marianne de Pierres recently brought this course to our attention. Run by Dr. Roslyn Petelin, the course aims to provide an introduction to grammar, syntax, and style in the English language. Anyone...
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Tobias Buckell on the (New) Art of The Xenowealth Saga
In 2006, I came out with my first novel in the US, a somewhat hard-to-categorize (I’m told, I think it makes perfect sense, I wrote it after all) science fiction novel with Caribbean peoples settled on...
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My Superpower: Kameron Hurley
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My Superpower: Benjanun Sriduangkaew
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
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