Archive | September, 2010

28 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Girls get volume, boys get plaudits

Into the wilds

Kristen Nelson linked to this article on her blog, where I came across it: Where the Boys Are Not Pinter said that after he wrote the HuffPo item he was inundated with e-mails from librarians and teachers about societal issues with getting boys to read, and many thought curriculums were weighted toward girls. So do [...]

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22 September 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Descent into the underground

Since many of us who write fantasy include scenes of the underworld, I thought I’d show some pictures from my summer vacation. Yes, I went to Hades, and didn’t even get a t-shirt. All told we were underground at Carlsbad Caverns for about three hours, with a break for lunch above ground. The second tour [...]

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14 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Realms of Fantasy — October 2010

Two stories in the October issue of Realms of Fantasy stood out:  Saint’s Paw, by Alan Smale, and Halloween, by Euan Harvey. Halloween made it pretty clear that I am a wuss when it comes to horror. The story was a selection of creeeepy vignettes of the kind that kids love because it keeps them [...]

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