As we all know from, um, watching movies and stuff, timeliness is for losers. Thus, despite being released on International Women's Day, it's only now that I write this blog post on the ridiculously gorgeous anthology Cranky Ladies of History edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely, in which I have a story, 'Little…
Ten Random But Excellent Facts About Historical Women for International Women’s Day
1 – If Meryt-Neith had a man's name she'd be regarded as a pharaoh of the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (ruling circa 3000 BCE) and the world's first know queen regnant. But since she has a women's name many historians don't consider there to be enough evidence to say with reasonable certainty that she…
Trek movie rewatch: Star Trek The Motion Picture
The recent passing of the rather wonderful Leonard Nimoy had prompted me to do a Trek movie rewatch. I've never actually watched them all in order before, I suspect because it's quite a tricky thing - once you've seen it and know what's about to happen - to make yourself sit through The Motion Picture.…
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Gallifrey 2015
Home from Gallifrey 2015 for over a week now. A nice quiet week as I recover from a hectic weekend of friends, panels, drinking, talking, and flailing at amazing costumes, but no con crud! I blame the fact I've been forcing myself to eat broccoli this year. Here are some of the things that brought…
Drive-by recs
Pausing in my not-panicking to recommend two delicious fantasy novels that will totally make you a better, happier person. Possibly. Here they are: 1) The Copper Promise by Jen Williams – I bought this after I saw the author in a panel at FantasyCon (she was magnificent) and then bought it extra hard when I…
To the Gallifrey-mobile!
I'm off to Gallifrey One aka Gally this weekend, and I'm trying to pack and I hate packing, so what's actually happening is tons of productive procrastination and no packing. Mostly I hope it's warm in Los Angeles. I am totally imagining the eye-rolling of certain friends as I type this since they have like…
Companion Piece Table of Contents Released
Released! Into the wild! Like a herd of Daleks…or Quarks! (Everyone loves the Quarks, right?) Anyway, yes, the Table of Contents for Companion Piece is now out, and here it is: • The Impossible Girls by Deborah Stanish • That Nitro-9 You’re Not Carrying: Violence and the Companion by Seanan McGuire • Scheherazade and Galahad…
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Verity Two Cents: 10 Doctor Who Companions That Should’ve Been
In last week's ep, and for Verity!'s first episode on companions, it was a discussion on Doctor Who Companions What Never Were, or Guest Characters We Really Liked And Are Bitter About Not Becoming Regulars (that may just be me.) And I'm pleased to report that I won't be attempting to fire anyone this week…
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Companion Stuff
So we've done something terrible for Verity!. On last week's show, we announced our theme for 2015: the companions of Doctor Who. So far so good, then *certain* people thought it'd be ever such a good idea to have a poll to let our listeners help decide which companions we'll be focussing on. A poll.…
Alas, no more Cardinal Capaldieu
Ah, good Tuesday, readers. I type to you today in, if anything, even more of a snit at Peter Capaldi and his inability to be two people. You see, I didn't watch the finale of last years' Musketeers, because then there would be no more Cardinal Capaldieu and I'd be sad. However, with the second…
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