Kameron Hurley's Blog, page 11
July 13, 2017
How Pro Writers Deal with Pro Criticism
When I started my my job at a new local ad agency, the account manager for our largest client pulled me into her office to discuss a piece I’d written. She started out with something like, “So, uh, this is a really good overview of (X)! It’s well-written, it’s –” and I held up a hand and stopped her and said. “Let’s not mince words. Give it to me.” And she laughed and proceeded to tell me that I’d misunderstood the purpose of the piece, and written it with the wrong audience and call to actio...
June 26, 2017
LITA Talk: We Are the Sum of Our Stories
I was graciously invited by the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) to give the LITA President’s Talk on June 25th. The talk was recorded and will be shared publicly in the next few weeks.
Until then, here is the full text of the talk (minus my asides, of course).
Thank you so much to LITA President Aimee Fifarek for the invitation (and to N.K. Jemisin for the NYT review that brought Geek Feminist Revolution to Fifarek’s attention!) and everyone involved in coordinating the even...
June 11, 2017
GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 3. “You Don’t Own Meeeeeee” Chat about when one becomes a “real writer,” the Everest of publishing, who owns your time, Swecon roundup, and the annoying inevitability of publisher rights grabs.
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EPISODE THREE : You Don’t Own Meeeeeee. Chat about when one becomes a “real writer,” the Everest of publishing, who owns your time, Swecon roundup, and the annoying inevitability of publisher rights grabs. http://www.kameronhurley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Get-to-Work...<![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 9]></div>Podcast: Get to Work, Hurley! Episode Three
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<![endif]--><!--[if lt IE 9]>June 6, 2017
Carrying the Weight of the World
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about being “visibly invisible.” A lot of folks complain about being overweight, and talk about how much they hate themselves for it, but frankly I enjoy the invisibility of it. I don’t like getting hit on by strangers, harassed in the street, or even complimented on my looks by folks who aren’t my close friends or spouse. While being fat doesn’t end these things by any means, being fat and older has reduced these instances by a large margin, for me, and I love...
May 31, 2017
What More Can Be Said?
I just spent eight days in Sweden, and the come down after that experience has been rough. Getting caught back up on the latest bizarro world news to come out of the United States is like waking up with a terrible hangover. We passed under the big airport archway that said, “Welcome to the United States” and were confronted with customs agents who fingerprinted and retina-scanned non-citizens. What the fuck do we need all that data for? “Why are you taking a picture of my mommy?” says the lit...
May 9, 2017
Cultivating Compassion When We’re All Tired
I’m pretty tired right now, which is a feeling shared by a lot of folks, I know. During the brief period when I thought the latest healthcare-gutting bill was dead, I was feeling positively upbeat, but the blinds closed again recently and I picked up a couple beers and went back to bed for awhile.
The last couple months, I’ve started doing this thing where I clench my jaw at night; even during the day, now. I can feel it tightening up with worry and grim determination, and I have to force mys...
May 7, 2017
GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 2. “How to Get to Work When the World Wants to Get You Down.” Chat about how to create and promote work during tough times, how to balance caring for your sanity and health with being a good, active citizen, and why you should t
The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things.
You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation.
EPISODE TWO: How to Get to Work When the World Wants to Get You Down. Chat about how to create and promote work during tough times, how to balance caring for your sanity and health with being a good, active citizen, and why you should tell everyone to fuck themselves and just write what you wan...GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 2
The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things.
You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation.
EPISODE TWO: How to Get to Work When the World Wants to Get You Down. Chat about how to create and promote work during tough times, how to balance caring for your sanity and health with being a good, active citizen, and why you should tell everyone to fuck themselves and just write what you wan...April 19, 2017
GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 1.” The Business is Writing, The Business is Death.” Chat about broken stairs in the publishing world, multiple income streams, writing and entitlement. With bonus apocalypse Q&A.
The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things.
You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation.
http://www.kameronhurley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Get-to-Work-Hurley-EPISODE-ONE.mp3
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