July has a nice assortment of fantasy, science fiction, and horror from diverse authors. There's also quite a few novellas, which I love to read between longer books. Sometimes you need a quick fix before taking on something requiring a longer commitment. The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Stephen Aryan

Last month, I received the edits from my developmental editor and it was a lot, in a good way. Editing is often rewriting, especially with big plot changes. I'm now pushing through the last quarter of my manuscript. I was making so many changes, I threw up my

What are the limitations and perils in the current era of AI and what should we be doing to reduce harm? Trigger warnings: racism, xenophobia AI is the talk of the town, and when it comes to science fiction it's often a seed that germinates numerous post-apocalyptic and

Can’t get enough of indigenous inspired fantasy! I kept hearing about To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose in bookish communities, so I was happy when it was my turn at the library. For a little synopsis, the story is about Anequs, a fifteen-year-old from the island

Tropes: soulmates, slow burn, forced proximity Trigger warnings: sexual content, gore, death, violence, war In a December flurry, I bought a stack of books from small presses to broaden the scope of my reading. Small presses are super important because they publish books the big 5 publishing companies pass on.

Memoir’s fall into two general categories I like to call celebrity and Shit Went Down. Celebrity memoirs are household names telling their personal stories. The interest lies in pulling back the mainstream media curtain and getting all the gritty details of a celebrity’s life from their own perspective.

If you are desperate to learn and discuss social justice topics with like-minded people, you aren’t alone. My intention with this blog is to learn in public and encourage others to join me by exploring perspectives outside our own. This may take many forms, but I’ll start with

I'm a thirty-something, queer white lady living in Colorado with my husband and our cute dog. My parents are perpetually confused how someone raised in an apolitical family from the suburbs of St. Louis County appeared to sprout into this world as a bleeding-heart liberal. Most people find