Today, Amanda shared with me a post from writer and illustrator Odette Locke, who recently shared information about her upcoming romance in progress, A Corps of Health and Safety, with some Instagram graphics that lit my brain on fire. Important note: absolutely no part of this post is a knock against the author, their idea, their work in progress, any of it. This is about the larger implications of what is part of the aspirational … Continue reading Regulation and Oversight Now Part of the Fantasy of Romance →
Recently Amanda and I did a Weedy AMA where we answered questions from the Podcast Patreon for a bonus episode – one that starts out pretty cogent and then derails a fair bit as I lose my train of thought. One of the questions asked, to paraphrase, has online critique softened over the years, and why? My answer was: Yes. Because safety. Blogs used to be little micro-communities, and somewhat insulated from the larger internet, … Continue reading Ali Hazelwood Dislikes Peeta, And That Was a Problem for Some Folks →
First, let me just put this book right at the top so you don’t miss it. What’s this? Careless People is a memoir about Meta aka Facebook, written by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former employee of Facebook from 2011 to 2017. This memoir is revealing to everybody how very, very fucked up things are over there. Spoiler: it is indeed very, very fucked up. But wait, there’s more. This is quite a tale, and it’s still … Continue reading Careless People and Barbra Streisand →
After I finished reading The Seat Filler I had two important questions: 1. WTF did I just read and 2. Is Adam Driver ok? The Seat Filler turned out to be a self-insert RPF (real people fiction) about actor Adam Driver and it had the most ridiculous conflict ever. It had moments where it was genuinely cute, but I couldn’t get over the squickiness of the RPF angle or the fact that the conflict could easily … Continue reading The Seat Filler by Sariah Wilson →
The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen is a ridiculous book. I had hoped that it would transcend into glorious F+ territory, but sadly, despite all of its WTFery, it doesn’t. I also thought it might be romantic suspense, but it’s not. The Shape of Night is a thriller with erotic and paranormal elements (BDSM ghost sex, for real) but it fails to stick the landing on the thriller portion, it isn’t particularly erotic, and … Continue reading The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen →
