Let’s start with the obvious: I’m not a therapist. There are problems and issues that require someone who is really trained in helping people, not a dabbler like […]
Chesya Burke on Safety At Conventions
It should be assumed that by posting it, I agree with it. Reposted with permission from Chesya Burke’s Facebook: I’m going to say something, and it’s probably going […]
I’ll be at Penguicon 2016 this weekend! Will I see you there?
Hey, wanna guess where I’ll be this weekend? At Penguicon, y’all! I’ve got three (scheduled) panels: Editors, Publishers, and Readers– What Rules to Break and Which Don’t Apply: […]
An Alert From SFWA About Contract Non-Compete and Option Clauses
Brought to my attention by Chuck Wendig is an alert by the SFWA Contracts Committee regarding non-compete clauses: The SFWA Contracts Committee believes there are serious problems for […]
Why Do I Care If A Local Newspaper Chain Won’t Publish Articles About LGBT People, Anyway?
So this is an update to the update. Prior posts can be found at: https://ideatrash.net/2016/04/the-owner-of-four-town-papers-in-ohio.html https://ideatrash.net/2016/04/update-dale-grimm-ohio-newspaper-owner.html Dale Grimm, the newspaper publisher who doesn’t publish “that nature of stories” […]
UPDATE: Dale Grimm, Ohio Newspaper Owner, Considers LGBT Erasure an “Editorial Prerogative”
[update to the update: I got one more e-mail from Dale, and responded to it both privately and in a public letter here: https://ideatrash.net/2016/04/why-do-i-care-if-local-newspaper-chain.html] There’s a few updates […]