What's the Word Now?

An award-winning writer/editor's musings on language and news

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Ethiopian explorations in literature

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I took a break from my Hugo Awards reading to finish a couple of overdue library books. Usually I stick to fiction during my time off, since...
Monday, July 9, 2018

2018 Hugos: Novellas

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As I continue my Hugos vote-reading, I come to Novellas! This category has really been growing in accessibility for the past few years, not ...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

2018 Hugo nominees: Movies

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This year, I had actually seen all the Hugo nominees for longform dramatic presentation on the big screen. (Why don't they just call thi...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

2018 Hugo Nominees: graphic stories

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For a really thoughtful look at the 2018 Hugo Award nominees for Best Graphic Story, I highly recommend my Skiffy and Fanty crewmate Stephen...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Hugo podcast nominees, and other favorites of mine

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The 2018 Hugo Awards finalists for best fancast (podcast by fans) are The Coode Street Podcast , presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. ...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Hugo/Nebula Shorts

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I've started devouring the Hugo Awards packet for this year (voting in 2018, written in 2017). I'm going to try to write a post each...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Roundup of My Podcasts: 2018

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I decided it's time to create a new podcast roundup for 2018 instead of making people scroll down to my post from early 2017, that I jus...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Month of Joy: The Order of the Air by Jo Graham and Melissa Scott

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I'm actually cross-posting this in June but back-dating to January because that's when the post I'm talking about here actually ...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Audiobook: The Child of the Moat

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I'm pleased to announce that LibriVox has released the second audiobook in which I've participated: The Child of the Moat by Ian Ber...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Movie Review: BladeRunner 2049 ('As Clear As Dreaming')

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I reviewed BladeRunner 2049 on the Skiffy and Fanty website soon after the movie premiered. It was not a perfect movie, but I did think it w...
Monday, July 3, 2017

Wonder Woman review

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I wrote this review of Wonder Woman on the Monday of opening weekend, but I'm cross-posting here to keep it with my other creative endea...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Roundup of my podcasts

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I've been a big fan of podcasts as a medium since I discovered them about eight years ago. There's a huge variety of them, from fact...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Gaining experience in audio editing

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I've been on a couple of episodes of the Hugo-nominated Skiffy and Fanty (i.e. Science Fiction and Fantasy) podcast before, but this is ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Civil War review, with Captain America context and mild spoilers

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After the hot mess of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War was a heartening return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe,...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

My Continuing Cross-Time Crush on "Hamilton"

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I can't claim any brilliantly original insights about "Hamilton," since so many good writers have already shared their raves ...
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