In Memoriam: Jo Beverley: Jo Beverley, one of the most beloved and respected authors of Historical Romance, died yesterday, felled by cancer she had previously defeated. Her co-authors at Word Wenches wrote some wonderful tributes, noting Beverley’s humor, intelligence, numerous RITA Awards, and many fans (authors and readers alike). Like ... more >
Women Swept The 2015 Nebula Awards – So women took almost all the major Nebula Awards, including Novel (Naomi Novik), Novella (Nnedi Okorafor), Novelette (Sarah Pinsker), Short Story (Alyssa Wong), and YA (Fran Wilde). Take that, Puppies? The science fiction world has had its share of drama with the Hugo Awards ... more >
The rise of a new era in the monetization of digital content – This piece takes on the dilemma of how providers of digital content can get “paid” for that content, and how consumers can protect privacy and be fairly treated in the exchange. S. Brian Mukherjee argues that providers are ... more >
[Note: I put the quoted portions in bold in the hope that it would make them easier to read. Please let me know if this is the case – thanks!] Why ‘Deadpool’ May Not Open Many Doors For R-Rated Comic Book Movies – An interesting argument that basically views Deadpool as an outlier ... more >
100 Years Later, Beatrix Potter’s Tale Of A Fanciful Feline To Be Published – Penguin UK editor Jo Hanks happened to find an unfinished copy of a new Beatrix Potter series, Kitty-in-Boots, that Potter had hoped to finish, were it not for World War I and other “interruptions.” Because Potter had ... more >
10 BIGGEST COMIC BOOK NEWS STORIES OF 2015 – With all the ‘best of’ and ‘biggest of’ and ‘favorite of’ and ‘bestselling of’ lists around, here’s one for comic book news from IGN. Note that there are many spoilers in this list, so I’ll just give you number ten on the ... more >