Malinda Lo

I come to every Robin McKinley book with a lot of expectations, because I have read and re-read her books more than any other books, period. I am a genuine, bona fide Robin McKinley fan, and therefore it’s sometimes difficult to read one of her new books because I’m constantly muttering under my breath, please ... More→

This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a column from Mark Harris on gay characters on television. I’m always interested when a mainstream publication examines LGBT representation on TV, but I have to admit, I’m mostly interested in seeing whether they have any idea of what they’re talking about. Mark Harris’s column didn’t exactly give ... More→

For the past month I have been working on yet another major rewrite of Ash (hopefully the last big one!), and I just finished a feverish week of writing till midnight (midnight!) and drinking Diet Coke and not seeing any real people (OK, I saw them, but I didn’t talk to them!), and today I ... More→

Today AfterEllen.com published a retrospective on lesbian poetry highlighting ten lesbian/bisexual poets, beginning (of course) with Sappho. My favorite poet overall, lesbian, bisexual or straight, is Edna St. Vincent Millay. Millay was known for her many lovers, some of them female, but I first heard of her when my grandmother gave me a book of ... More→

True confession time: I am fascinated by agriculture. I believe this began when I first read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy as a kid. Sure, everybody loves Little House on the Prairie etc., but my favorite of her books was her mouth-watering depiction of Almanzo Wilder’s childhood on a farm. The food in that book ... More→

To the surprise of no one, Sen. Joe Biden turned out to be more knowledgeable than Gov. Sarah Palin in Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, while Sarah Palin turned on her populist charm. What surprised me? The gay marriage question (transcript from CNN). GWEN IFILL: Let’s try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay ... More→