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Category Mistake

A category mistake or category error is applying reasoning that’s valid for a type of thing to another thing for which it is not valid. That’s how you get errors that aren’t even wrong, they’re about something else completely different.

Often the trolls who come by don’t seem to realize that, and are arguing things that make no sense for what we were discussing, like that long ago French kept man who thought that the big question is “But who is going to be in charge of what news get publ...

We Are All Time Travelers

Humans are strange creatures. Because of our extended childhood, where we absorb much of what we learn about the world, often by tales received from our elders, and our increasingly long lives which now often approach or exceed a hundred years, we are all time travelers. We’re people walking around 100 years later with a picture of the world acquired in very early childhood and often relayed by an elder whose view of the world was already outdated.

Now, the extent to which we are time tr...

It’s a Mystery

Sometime in the middle of that loud argument — and you don’t have to tell me I was loud too — in the Two by Two post, it occurred to me what part of the problem is.

When I was a kid and in a fit of pique about how my 6 years younger (Hi, Valter! (Hey, look, he’s the only other one in the family who was trained in translation and I don’t think so, but he might come by)) cousin was being raised. I started giving my aunt instructions (!) on how to train him and make him better, and she ...

I’m Not A Widget

I almost titled this post “I’m not a woman” but the speculation would be insane. For the record I’m not “a woman”. I’m not “A man” either or “A mammal” for that matter.

I’m me.

I’m getting somewhat sick and tired of being lumped all in a group, and having things said about me that go something like “Women think” or “Women want” or heaven forbid “Women hurt most.”

Yeah, I know I often refer to women or men as a group. Sure. What I mean by that, in that instance is “A statistically a...

Perchance To Dream

There is a reason that when I sat down to create a “future history” (I thought it was needed. Look, also shuddup. I was green as leeks and twice and dumb) I had it start with people going hog wild for bio improvements. (Also for having kids created in factory style batch lots, including by gestating them in animals, particularly in China and Russia, because, well…. Population crashing. Let me tell you how many times i got stories rejected in the 80s and nineties for that assumption. (Laug...

How to Add More LGBTQ characters to your fiction – a guest post by frank fleming

This Parrot is so gay Disney would melt.

I think the biggest complaints people get about their fiction these days is, “Why aren’t there more LGBTQ characters in it?”

And you’re probably trying your best. Maybe you’ve made every main character and every secondary character LGBTQ and the only straight character left is the villain (who is closeted gay), but it still just doesn’t feel inclusive enough.

Well, I’m here to help with tips to cram even more LGBTQ characters into your story. I m...

I inspire the strangest fan art

I meant to link this yesterday. Now, that’s not me. The Curvy Wuffess is her own thing, but the t-shirt was inspired by my post.

The artist is amazing, btw, even if his art gives me reflexive back pain.

This is his twitter stream.

I have a guest post for later, but yesterday was a loooong day and I haven’t had enough coffee yet.

ALL RIGHT FIXED FREE PIC.

Sorry, guys. I emailed myself the wrong one, and that’s the one that went up because it was the only one on the travel computer.

This Picture was created by Sarah A. Hoyt and is released under

This Picture was created by Sarah A. Hoyt and is released under CC BY

And now I’ll put up promo post.

TANSTAAFL, DAY 16 — THE LAST DAY — ALL STRESSFUL THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. FREE PICTURE AND MY FAVORITE BATS.

A note about the fundraiser: our mailbox service has told us we have…. 14 to 15 checks waiting. I will report on the full amount of the fundraiser in a couple of weeks.

Also, for those who have asked me if they can contribute later: I’m not leaving the fundraiser up. Sufficient onto the day the evil thereof and all that. Besides we start fulfilling the pledges next week. However, any funds received or (snail) mailed before the end of the month will get the reward. Also, if you’re one of my ...

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE IAN BRUENE KILLS ME

LibertyCon 2023 tickets go on sale TODAY AT NOON EASTERN.

The site is https://www.libertycon.org/ and it typically sells out in half an hour, so you have to be ready, set, go.

According to Chris mouse: They’re doing it through a third-party, so make sure you have an account setup with that third party vendor in advance. This is the vendor: https://www.eventeny.com. Registration is quick and easy.

I will be there in 2023, barring disaster.