Speculative Reminiscences: Weekly Recap for 2/15/2014

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

The big news is that I will be guest-editing the Women Destroying Fantasy issue of Lightspeed. We are still working out details, but it will be open subs.

I provided a teaser from WIP Laurel Finch, Laurel Finch, Where Do You Wander?

I made it onto this list of women horror authors you need to read. (Here’s the book they suggest, which is serendipitously 2.99 as part of promotion for next week!)

I talked about good things on the 27GoodThings Blog.

I sold a story to Beneath Ceaseless Skies, huzzah! Also, ten stories completed so far this year, which feels terrific.

For Writers:

If you’re writing a character who is experiencing a particular emotion, this article may be useful.
Great post from Teresa Frohock about Being a Woman and Writing Dark Fiction
Bud Sparhawk talks about our recent collaboration
Please consider supporting this Kickstarter of bisexual fiction.
A writing book Kickstarter worth supporting.
Mary Gordon on writing by hand
Kurt Vonnegut teaches.

Books I Talked About for You Should Read This:

My favorite YA novels of 2013, including books by Holly Black, Chelsea M. Campbell, Sarah Beth Durst, Em Garner, Lydia Kang, Cori McCarthy, and Sean Williams
Science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Things of Note:

Victoria Strauss writes about a recent SFWA controversy in On Petitions and Flame Wars: My Thoughts About SFWA and Change
Charles Coleman Finlay also talks about some aspects of the controversy.

Timewasters!

Kids read to shelter cats. Heartmelting.
Photos of a dikdik, the world’s smallest antelope
Pictures of rats with teddy bears