What's the Word Now?
An award-winning writer/editor's musings on language and news
Monday, June 22, 2020
My first solo Librivox project: Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper
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Two months ago, I participated in an SFFAudio podcast discussion of Omnilingual , a novelette by H. Beam Piper that appeared in "Astou...
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Hippolyta, The Terror of Tilkha
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On Sunday, June 7, I played D&D in a homebrew campaign with author Joseph Cadotte and some other friends. We had saved some children fro...
Monday, April 27, 2020
Some Surprisingly Strong Women in ERB's Oeuvre
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I made my debut a few weeks ago on the SFFAudio podcast , talking with the host Jesse Willis, plus regular contributor there (and my Skiffy...
Monday, April 20, 2020
My debut on Twitch
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I've started watching a couple of Twitch streams with nice, friendly chat groups during the month that I've been working from home. ...
Monday, April 6, 2020
Roundup of my podcasts in 2019-20
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2019 was a very busy year for me, so this is a very belated roundup of my podcast activities released that year. I am also including my podc...
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. ...
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