Speculative Reminiscences: Weekly Recap for 2/9/2014

If you enjoyed "Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable" and are interested in finding out more about my online classes, click here!

There’s plenty of room left in my upcoming online classes.

The first part of my Asimov’s story, All the Pretty Little Mermaids, is up online.

Kate Baker does a beautiful job with the audio version of “Tortoiseshell Cats are Not Refundable”



For Writers:

I blogged about Why I Don’t Want to Read Your Story
Please spread the word about this anthology from Brandon Bell and the impetus behind it.
Will I get to destroy fantasy? It remains to be seen. Last week for the Women Destroying SF Kickstarter. People have asked whether I plan to do open submissions for it, the answer is yes.
29 Problems Only Writers Will Understand
Locus has posted their recommended reading list for 2013.
SF Signal asks what’s wrong with epic fantasy

Elizabeth Bear is one of my favorite writers. Here’s an interview with her on Tor.com.

Books I talked about these books for You Should Read This:

A fabulous work about writing, On Writing by Stephen King
English comic novel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Classic fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. No time to read it? Here’s the best quotes from it on GoodReads. Or here’s a picture of him and George R.R. Martin playing with stuffed animals.
Longtime American comic strip Pogo by Walt Kelly
Feminist spirituality guidebook 365 Goddess by Patricia Telesco
Classic epic work The Odyssey by Homer
Creative aid Surrealist Games

Things of Note:

SFWA has put together its own accessibility checklist for events
Are you warm right now? A lot of people aren’t.
Shades of Boneshaker, Batman! Seattle’s giant digging machine is broken

Timewasters!:

Via Wayne, a squirrel trying to bury a nut in a very odd place
. Well, the owl named after him.
io9.com lists some good February reading.

Lovely story by Natalia Theodoridou on Clarkesworld.