Prospero Lost is now available for pre-order. Coolation!

We set off fireworks last night with my brother and my mom. As a joke, my brother named the various boxes he lit off after magicians and philosophers. When we came to the very last one, we asked him who this one is. After some thought, he declared it: "Galadriel." Juss asked, "Whose that?" I whispered back,…

Looking up the Swedish child Pop, I came upon this which sums up a lot of my observations on the matter, only much more so: In 2007, a young woman named Cordelia wrote about her unisex childhood in Sweden. She noted that at adolescence it was no longer possible to pretend that the sexes were the same,…

A reader of the last post wrote: I use to work in a church creche with 3-4 year olds. There were no swords or guns allowed but the boys just made them out of leggo anyway. I think that if you leave kids alone most girls will chose dolls and boys trains. If they choose…

  There’s a question that has been on my mind of late that I do not hear anyone asking. Our culture has asked the question: could male and female behavior be learned instead of from nature. Because of this, we have been making efforts to raise our girls to be like men and our boys…

I am reprinting two emails I received without comment: All, I was looking at the results of the 2009 Origin Awards, and I noticed two very cool things. First, that one of my buddies from St John’s, Dominic Crapuchettes, had his game get first place in party games! Second, that Mouse Guard beat out the D&D…

A bowl of whip cream with chocolate sauce on it. No more need be said.

So…any topics on writing anyone would like to see covered?

As the release date for Prospero Lost approaches, I have decided to add a new feature. Starting mid-July, I’m going to have a once-a-week post on writer, probably on Wednesdays. I’ll do some of them myself and some will be guest blogs by writer friends. Should be fun! PS. If you are a writer and want…