I was going to re-introduce Friday Fiction today, but it occurred to me that the Clarion Write-A-Thon is starting this Sunday! So instead I thought I would spend a bit of time talking about the projects I'm planning to work on over the next six weeks in hopes of drumming up support for it. A … Continue reading Clarion Write-A-Thon 2015 Is a GO
Take a Trip to Wayward Pines
There is a town in Idaho you can only get to by car accident. After you wake up in the hospital, you're patched up from your injuries and given the location of a hotel you can stay at while you recuperate. A few days later, a realtor comes by and gives you a house. Then … Continue reading Take a Trip to Wayward Pines
The Rachel Dolezal Moment
Last week the parents of Rachel Dolezal announced to the media that her daughter was white. This normally wouldn't be news; there's nothing special about a white couple having a white child. But Rachel had been passing as a black woman for years -- through her collegiate education at Howard University, through a career of … Continue reading The Rachel Dolezal Moment
Grappling Nightmares
I play in a Shadowrun game about once a month with a few local friends, and I'm enjoying it. My character's concept -- and if you know me, you know that of course this is how I roll -- is that he's a member of the Sioux nation who's been goblinized later in life during … Continue reading Grappling Nightmares
A Few Notes from the Burrow
Thanks, everyone, for your well-wishes and expressions of sympathy last week. I really appreciate it, and it only serves to remind me what an amazing community I'm a part of and what a great family I've built for myself, brick by brick. I'm so grateful for all of you out there. It makes trying to … Continue reading A Few Notes from the Burrow
A Loss, A Memorial
The only memory I have of my biological mother is a phone call that scared me so bad I never wanted to speak to her again. I had only found out I was adopted a little while ago, and I was visiting my biological grandmother across town in east Baltimore. I met my oldest brother, … Continue reading A Loss, A Memorial
What Are You Working On?
Well, thanks for asking, me! I thought you would never ask! Here are a few of the things I'm hoping to make progress on this week: A Stable Love. This is a story that was commissioned by a friend, way back last year when I was toying with the idea of maybe offering commission slots … Continue reading What Are You Working On?
Why I Loved “Boyhood”
The 87th annual Academy Awards were last night, and it was a big night for Birdman. Alejandro Inarritu won Best Director for what was admittedly an incredible movie that seemed like one long take over most of its two-hour running time, and the movie itself won Best Picture. A cynic might say that of course … Continue reading Why I Loved “Boyhood”
Kwanzaa: Dictating My Own Terms
Habari gani? Today is dedicated to the concept of Kujichagulia, or Self-Determination. That means that those of us in the African diaspora have a responsibility to define ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. Obviously, given where I've come from and my experience this is one of the Seven Principles that means a whole … Continue reading Kwanzaa: Dictating My Own Terms
Have a Joyous Kwanzaa!
Habari gani? My estrangement from the black community happened really early. To be fair, I didn't have a lot going for myself when I was a wee leveret; I was mousy and had strange interests, and my mother was an older woman who had adopted me and my sister even though she had her own … Continue reading Have a Joyous Kwanzaa!
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 