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September 2, 2014

Tuesday News: Bitcoin, Amazon in Japan, the Light Novel, and the Teachability of Writing

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / bitcoin / literary critique6 Comments

Bitcoin slowly goes global as businesses like Overstock expand to international customers – I haven’t posted a lot about Bitcoin, but I’ve been watching its interesting and sometimes odd movement in the news. Now, though, that Overstock is going to be using Bitcoin, it definitely seems to be gaining traction. ... more >

August 26, 2014

Michelle Sagara contemplates the Alpha Male

Author ReviewsLetters of OpinionAlpha Male / literary critique48 Comments

[themify_box ]Michelle Michiko Sagara is a Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West and as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka.[/themify_box]   Kameron Hurley wrote an interesting post here: “Someone once ... more >

March 12, 2013

Can’t Find My Way Home

JanetLetters of Opinioncaptivity narrative / criticism-of-romance / literary critique / tropes31 Comments

This week I want to talk about the use of captivity in the Romance genre, but before I do, I want to clarify a couple of points that cropped up in discussion of my last post and in other discussions of the genre. In my last post, commenter Katie raised ... more >

Tom Hiddleston reads Byron
January 24, 2013

Thursday News: Women fighting on the front lines; Samsung’s exciting new phone display; Tom Hiddleston reads us poetry

JanePublishing Newsaudio-books / literary critique / war14 Comments

Samsung’s Next Smartphone Could Make Us Soon Forget The iPhone’s Retina Display – Apple’s iPhone 5 isn’t moving as many units as previous iPhones and Apple stock has dropped because of it. Apple’s competitors are cranking up the tech in their upcoming devices. Samsung’s next release has a screen that ... more >

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