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Raven Oak, age 16

What It Means to be Fandom

Posted on March 3, 2017March 2, 20174 Comments

The year was 1994, and I was 16. I was “old enough to drive,” which humorously enough was the slogan for ArmadilloCon 16 that year. I’ve written about my experiences at my first convention before, but it wasn’t until yesterday Read More…

TagsArmadilloCon, ArmadilloCon 16, Elizabeth Moon, Ellen Datlow, fandom, first convention, Margaret Ball, raven-oak

Dealing with Negativity Hemmingway Quote about writing

Flashback Friday

Posted on May 20, 2016Leave a comment

I am so dreadfully behind on writing deadlines and unpacking that for now, my Flashback Friday and Flashforward Friday posts are going on hiatus. I will still continue to post Monday Night Gaming posts on the 1st and 3rd Mondays Read More…

Tagsflashback friday, Flashforward Friday

Deerskin by Robin McKinley Book Cover

FF: Deerskin

Posted on May 13, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Deerskin by Robin McKinley TRIGGER WARNING: This book deals with some subjects that may trigger certain folks. I will not be explicit, but wanted to warn folks just in case. When I first read this book, Read More…

TagsDeerskin by Robin McKinley, flashback friday, Game of Thrones, Gamergate, Melanie Rawn, Miscarriages, Rape culture, Robin McKinley

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

FF: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Posted on April 29, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: The Witch of Blackbird Pond  by Elizabeth George Speare I first read this book in 6th grade. Assigned reading by the teacher, I wanted to read other things though admitted that the word witch in the Read More…

TagsAmaskan's Blood, Amaskan's War, Elizabeth George Speare, flashback friday, raven-oak, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Death The High Cost of Living

FF: Death the High Cost of Living

Posted on April 22, 2016October 14, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Death The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman 2016 has been one hell of a year, and I don’t mean that in a good way. As the death of Prince hit the world, others followed, Read More…

TagsDeath the High Cost of Living, FF: Death the High Cost of Living, flashback friday, Let's Go Crazy, Neil Gaiman, Prince dead, raven-oak, Turn! Turn! Turn!

FF: Redwall

FF: Redwall

Posted on April 15, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Redwall by Brian Jacques Ah Redwall. Lots of furry little critters running around the Abbey and Mossflower woods. Redwall was not the first book I’d read from the point of view of animals (Watership Down, anyone?), Read More…

Tagsanimal point of view, anthropomorphism, Brian Jacques, raven-oak, Redwall, Redwall by Brian Jacques

Flashback Friday: Shiny Comicon

FF: Shiny Comicon

Posted on April 8, 2016April 5, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Shiny Comicon. Because I’m at the Emerald City Comicon, I don’t have the time to type up a fully fleshed Flashback Friday. Instead, I leave you with an image of my first comicon in 2012. It Read More…

TagsAlan Tudyk, Dallas Comicon, Emerald City Comicon, first comicon, Gina Torres, Wash and Zoe

Throwback Thursday: Daughter of the Empire

FF: Powerful Women

Posted on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Powerful Women in Daughter of the Empire by Robert E. Feist and Janny Wurts I’d already read Magician by Feist as well as a few others in the Riftwar Saga, but Daughter of the Empire and Read More…

TagsDaughter of the Empire, Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurtz, female role models, flashback friday, Janny Wurtz, raven-oak, Raymond E. Feist, Strong characters

FF: Passage & Death

Posted on March 25, 2016March 25, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Passage by Connie Willis. Passage is a book unlike anything else I’ve ever read by Connie Willis. It’s a profound book that I think everyone should read, but one that shouldn’t be read alone. The title Read More…

TagsConnie Willis, flashback friday, Killing characters, passage by connie willis, raven-oak

Throwback Thursday: Powers That Be

FF: Powers That Be

Posted on March 18, 2016October 14, 2016Leave a comment

This week’s Flashback Friday: Powers That Be  by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Scarborough Anthropomorphism has been used in science fiction and fantasy for…well, as long as the genre has existed. In fact, Aesop’s fables are fraught with it, as Read More…

TagsAlien Reproduction, Alien Sex, Anne McCaffrey, Class-M Exile, Eerl, Elizabeth Anne Scarborough, flashback friday, Powers That Be

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