Who Knew A Legal Document Could Be So Titillating?
I spent Saturday reading the 49-page indictment. It took a while because I took notes, knowing I would blog about it. Then I let it ruminate on Sunday, thinking about what stood out to me that might be in any way different from the media pundits who have analyzed it ad nauseum. That being said, […]
Rabid Rabbit Hole of Racist Misogyny
As we anticipate with baited breath what now appears to be an inevitable long-awaited indictment of the treasonous former guy this week for espionage (one still has hope that this isn’t mere media hype), and as we wait for said media to not be so teeth-grinding annoying (no, I am really not interested in any […]
WARNING: SCOTUS is Hazardous To Your Health
My most recent sixth novel of the Other Worldly series, Altogether Alien, contains a great deal of snark about “Beware of the Kraken!” In reality it’s not a Nordic Sea monster in the water that threatens us all, it’s five scrofulous sharks on the not-so-supreme court who represent a decided threat to all water bodies […]
Suing Book Banners A Stellar Use of Publishing Power
Penguin Random House suing a Florida school district over book banning is a stellar example of a major publishing house putting their power and money behind not only all published authors and writers (as opposed to merely those they represent), but also in support of children who read, public school libraries, and the mighty First […]
Supreme Lack of Ethics
Because a body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody. Thomas Paine said that. In my Other Worldly novels, Paine turns out to be a very erudite alien, as in extraterrestrial. Because he was too astute, or shall we say “woke,” for humans in his day. Uncanny how […]
AI Does Not Reflect Real Life, But Writing Should
Today’s blog post comes one week earlier than I’d planned due to a panel of four fancy-suited men blathering with Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe about the Hollywood writer’s strike seeking to prevent Artificial Intelligence (AI) from plowing full steam ahead despite the possibility of it obliterating writing jobs, careers, and actual talent. Steam is […]
Respecting the Imagination of Hollywood Writers
I’ve never written for television or films, but I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some who have. And I am in full solidarity with the Writer’s Guild of America strike by Hollywood writers. Yes, this walkout of important creative talent will mean production on beloved TV series will come to a sudden screeching halt, but […]
Reforestation Shouldn’t Be an Alien Concept
Today is Arbor Day and last Saturday was Earth Day, but I was too busy trying to fly home yet getting repeatedly delayed due to runway construction at the Las Vegas airport. Which only made me wish more that I was Rowan Layne in my Other Worldly novels, because she and her critters get to […]
Republican Racist Revenge: A Tantrum Over “Tone”
I was sick to my stomach watching what happened in Tennessee last Thursday. The blatant bigotry complete with racist tropes arrogantly spewed by white men for whom absolute power is not enough to compensate their overweening egos and insecurity. Their seething anger and resentment at the reality that men of color—young Black men—and even white […]
NOT SAD
I have not been sad this week. Not one iota, not one sad emoji face. The time for sadness was long ago, when all of this horrific grifting, blame-gaming and corruption started. Hence, no sad emoji will be forthcoming from me now on this subject. What I was was jubilant that the rule of law […]