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Why is GRC important? blog
I have been blogging about what GRC is, advocating the definition developed by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, OCEG (see this and subsequent posts). But, I haven't really talked about why the concept of GRC has value.
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As most of you know, I'm heading to Phoenix to be part of the Phoenix ComicCon. But for those of you who are not attending that little soiree, you'll be happy to know that I am also making a public appearance at Poisoned Pen Bookstore to chat a bit and to sign The Human Division (and other books you might have). Aside the information in the headline, here are all the details on that. Come on down, we'll have ALL THE FUNS. Yes, I've arranged for all of the funs to be shipped to the store. They'll be in boxes. Labeled "funs." That's how it works, people.
Madison! I'm at A Room Of One's Own TOMORROW, 4pm! Note the Time!
I'll be doing a rare afternoon tour appearance tomorrow in Madison because at 6pm, A Room of One's Own welcomes the Guests of Honor at Wiscon, the (completely fantastic) science fiction and fantasy convention. So if you're coming at 4 o'clock to Room of One's Own to see me, stick around afterward for the GoHs, which include last year's Nebula and Hugo Award winner, Jo Walton. And if you're coming at 6pm to see the guests of honor, why not come out a little bit early to see me? It'll be more speculative fiction writers than you can shake the proverbial stick at.
So remember, Madison: Tomorrow (Thursday, May 23), A Room Of One's Own, 4pm. Don't be late! See you there.
Amazon's Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts
The Twitters are abuzz today about Amazon's new "Kindle Worlds" program, in which people are allowed to write and then sell through Amazon their fan fiction for certain properties owned by Alloy Entertainment, including Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, with more licenses expected soon. I've had a quick look at the program on Amazon's site, and I have a couple of immediate thoughts on it. Be aware that these thoughts are very preliminary, i.e., I reserve the right to have possibly contradictory thoughts about the program later, when I think (and read) about it more. Also note that these are my personal thoughts and do not reflect the positions or policies of SFWA, of which I am (still but not for much longer) president.
1. The main knock on fan fiction from the rights-holders point of view — i.e., people are using their characters and situations in ways that probably violate copyright — is apparently not at all a problem here, since Alloy Entertainment is on board for allowing people to write what they want (within specific guidelines — more on that in a bit). Since that's the case, there's probably a technical argument here about whether this is precisely "fan fiction" or if it's actually media tie-in writing done with intentionally low bars to participation (the true answer, I suspect, is that it's both). Either way, if Alloy Entertainment's on board, everything's on the level, so why not.
2. So, on one hand it offers people who write fan fiction a chance to get paid for their writing in a way that doesn't make the rightsholders angry, which is nice for the fan ficcers. On the other hand, as a writer, there are a number of things about the deal Amazon/Alloy are offering that raise red flags for me. Number one among these is this bit:
"We will also give the World Licensor a license to use your new elements and incorporate them into other works without further compensation to you."
i.e., that really cool creative idea you put in your story, or that awesome new character you made? If Alloy Entertainment likes it, they can take it and use it for their own purposes without paying you — which is to say they make money off your idea, lots of money, even, and all you get is the knowledge they liked your idea.
Essentially, this means that all the work in the Kindle Worlds arena is a work for hire that Alloy (and whomever else signs on) can mine with impunity. This is a very good deal for Alloy, et al — they're getting story ideas! Free! — and less of a good deal for the actual writers themselves. I mean, the official media tie-in writers and script writers are doing work for hire, too, but they get advances and\or at least WGA minimum scale for their work.
Another red flag:
"Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright."
Which is to say, once Amazon has it, they have the right to do anything they want with it, including possibly using it in anthologies or selling it other languages, etc, without paying the author anything else for it, ever. Again, an excellent deal for Amazon; a less than excellent deal for the actual writer.
Note that on its page Amazon makes a show of saying that the writer owns the copyright on the original things that are copyrightable, but inasmuch as Amazon also acquires all rights for the length of the copyright and Alloy is given the right to exploit the new elements without further compensation, this show about you keeping your copyright appears to be just that: show.
The argument here could be, well, you know, people who were writing fan fiction weren't getting paid or had rights to these characters and worlds anyway, so only getting paid for their work once is still better than what they would have gotten before. And that's not an entirely bad argument on one level. But on another level, there's a difference between writing fan fiction because you love the world and the characters on a personal level, and Amazon and Alloy actively exploiting that love for their corporate gain and throwing you a few coins for your trouble. So this should be an interesting argument for people to have in the real world.
3. If this sort of thing takes off, I'm interested to see what effect it will have on the media tie-in market, and on the professional writers who work in it. Obviously it has the potential to greatly shift how things are done. If you are a corporate rights holder, for example, would you bother with seeking out pro writers any more, and paying them advances and royalties and all of that business? Or would you just open up the gates to paid fan fiction, which you don't have to pay anything for and yet still have total control over the commercial exploitation thereof? Again, this is interesting stuff to consider, and if I were a pro writer who primarily worked in media tie-in markets, I would have some real concerns.
4. This won't spell the end of unauthorized fan fic, and I'm very sure of that. For one thing, the Kindle Worlds program says it won't accept "pornography" which means all that slash out there will still be on the outside of the program (Edit: to note not all slash is porn, although I wonder if Amazon won't simply default it as such); likewise crossover fan fic, so those "Vampire Diaries meet Dr Who" stories will be left out in the cold. And besides that, there will be people who a) have no interest in making money and/or b) don't write well enough to be accepted into the Kindle Worlds program (there does seem that there will be some attempt at quality control, or at least, someone has to go through the stuff to make sure there's nothing that's contractually forbidden). So if this was an attempt to squash fan fic through other means, it's doomed to failure. But I don't suspect that's the point.
5. Speaking as a writer, I wouldn't do something like this; I don't generally like writing in other people's worlds in any event (and when I do, I go public domain — see Fuzzy Nation) and I don't like the terms that are on offer here. And of course I have my own things to write. Likewise, I would caution anyone looking at this to be aware that overall this is not anywhere close to what I would call a good deal. Finally, on a philosophical level, I suspect this is yet another attempt in a series of long-term attempts to fundamentally change the landscape for purchasing and controlling the work of writers in such a manner that ultimately limits how writers are compensated for their work, which ultimately is not to the benefit of the writer. This will have far-reaching consequences that none of us really understand yet.
The thing that can be said for it is that it's a better deal than you would otherwise get for writing fan fiction, i.e., no deal at all and possibly having to deal with a cranky rightsholder angry that you kids are playing in their yard. Is that enough for you? That's on you to decide.
The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held
Readers often have default expectations when it comes to their reading — default expectations that we call "tropes." But where do you go as a writer when the tropes don't take you where your characters need to be? It's a question that Rhiannon Held explores today as she writes about her new novel, Tarnished.
Tarnished is the second book in my series, and if I had to articulate an over-arcing big idea for the whole series, it's that I love to explore emotional truths tied to situations that don't come up in typical urban fantasy tropes. In the first book, Silver, those non-trope situations were born from the religion and culture that I created for my werewolves. In Tarnished, I decided I wanted to find the emotional resonance in non-trope leadership strategies, and romantic relationships.
At the end of Silver my two main characters, Andrew and Silver, were poised to challenge for leadership of the largest werewolf pack in North America. In the typical urban fantasy trope as I've encountered it, usually the protagonist's resistance to being Grand Supernatural Poobah begins as internal: she wouldn't be any good at it! No one would accept her! Then, when she agrees, the resistance switches to being external: the rock golems won't listen to a meat bag! The shapeshifters won't listen to anyone banging a golem!
But once they've set aside their initial internal objections, would protagonists really automatically be totally committed to leading? Obviously they have to learn how to win everyone over, but would the protagonists really be completely awesome at leading once everyone's behind them? Book 1 ended with Andrew and Silver's decision to try to lead, and I decided that Book 2 needed to explore exactly what it would take to get there. Do they have the self-confidence to do it? Is that self-confidence strong enough to withstand everyone else's doubt? Can they make hard decisions and keep their cool when people question those decisions? Can they admit they were wrong when they make mistakes? Can they delegate and trust others to get things done?
And can they lead, as opposed to just shouting louder than everyone else? Often werewolf alphas are portrayed as being all about physical strength, or if not physical strength, at least strength of emotional bullying. Andrew is somewhat slight in stature and slow from previous injuries; Silver can't shift and can't use her left arm. If they want to win the alphaship, they have do something other than shout loudest and punch hardest: they have to court allies, they have to coax people, they have to lead by example. I really wanted to showcase different leadership strategies, because while stories are often about the underdog beating the muscle-bound alpha, the underdog too often uses mystical punching powers that beat the alpha's physical punching abilities. Why does punching have to be the measure of success?
Tarnished also introduces a new POV: Susan. She's human and has a child with John, the Seattle alpha. She also has her moments of going toe-to-toe in fights with stronger, faster werewolves, but with her I also wanted to explore a different kind of romantic relationship. In Book 1, Andrew and Silver were somewhat typical of urban fantasies: they met, they were attracted to each other, obstacles kept them apart, but they got together in the end. In Book 2, I show them working as a functioning, loving team, so the romantic tension switches over to Susan and John.
Whether in books, movies, or television, I've always wanted more opportunities to cheer a couple on to working out their problems. That's what gets you through life, after all—not giving up after the first big fight. Work through the fight and the relationship often ends up stronger on the other side. Of course, that's not to say that life isn't also filled with truly irreconcilable differences or people who are assholes. Staying to try desperately to change things in those situations can make everyone miserable. The way I think of it is that you want to preserve and care for a precious connection between two people, rather than upholding some ideal of not splitting up for moral reasons even if you have no connection left at all.
The trouble is that in fiction, the relationships being "worked on" are usually only based on irreconcilable differences or assholery. In that case, of course you're cheering for the couple to break up! That way, one can get with the other hot, passionate love interest introduced in this book who is clearly so much better for him or her. Or else you're rolling your eyes while waiting for the couple who's off-again every book to provide cheap romantic tension to get their laughable miscommunication straightened out so they can be on-again.
Susan and John are already together. They have a child. They love each other, but their relationship is on the rocks because John lets himself be ashamed of her and misguidedly tries to protect her by keeping her out of the werewolf world. That's something that can be worked out—I hope it's something the readers want to see worked out!—because why should love be sacrificed to social expectations? But reconciliation is something they both have to work hard to achieve.
Hopefully playing with non-trope situations can help knock aside a few of the most annoying tropes as well. If my characters can remind readers that natural charisma doesn't mean you're born knowing exactly how to lead; people who aren't hot, single twenty-somethings fall in love; and protecting your love by keeping them in ignorance of the supernatural world is forgetting they're a consenting adult… so much the better!
Tarnished: Amazon|Barnes & Noble|Indiebound|Powell's
Read an excerpt. Visit the author's site. Follow her on Twitter.
Gosh, We're All Really Impressed Down Here I Can Tell You
Me last night at the venue for my reading, which was the Methodist church right across the street from the University Bookstore in Seattle. Here I am looking at the patron of the establishment, hoping he would not strike me down, in my naughtiness.
He did not.
Thanks to Daniel Christensen for the photo.
Seattle was lovely. On to Portland now — or more accurately Beaverton, where I am at Powells, tonight, 7pm. If you're in the Portland area, I hope to see you there.
Portland! Brace Yourself, For I Shall Arrive! Tomorrow! 7pm! Powell's in Beaverton!
Yes, Portland! I am returning on Tuesday, May 21st! To feast upon your Voodoo Donuts and other local comestibles! And to read, answer questions and sign books! Largely in that order!
You will find me at Powell's Beaverton branch at 7pm! Please come and bring everyone you have ever met in your life. Because if I don't get a good crowd, I'm not allowed to have any Voodoo Donuts. Voodoo Donuts are for closers, you see.
Tell me you'll come. The donuts, they are calling.
Seattle! Come See Me TODAY, 7pm, University Temple United Methodist Church!
That's right, Seattleites — as you read this I am lurking about your town, preparing for my event tonight, May 20, at 7pm at the University Temple United Methodist Church — which, in case you don't know, is located at 1415 NE 43rd St in Seattle.
What will I do there? Read! And talk! And sign books! And maybe play a ukulele if someone brings one! Who knows! What I do know is that it will be fun fun fun. And also, fun.
Please note: This is a ticketed event, and you can get tickets one of two ways:
1. Buy tickets for $5 at the door (cheap!)
2. Buy The Human Division from University Bookstore and get the ticket free with your purchase. Since I will be signing books at the event, this is probably the best possible way to go for this particular (I will sign your other books of course).
I always have an insanely good time in Seattle and I'm looking forward to more of the same tonight. Hope to see you there!
The Big Idea: Madeleine Robins
Anyone who reads fairy tales knows that things happen in the tales for seemingly no reason at all. But just because there's no reason in then doesn't mean something interesting can't happen when reason is added to them. Just ask Madeleine Robins, who mined a classic fairy tale when imagining Sold for Endless Rue.
It started with a conversation. Or rather, an idea about a conversation.
When my kids were small we read a picture book of Rapunzel, gorgeously illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. You know: pregnant wife craves rampion, sends husband out to get it; he steals it from the garden of a witch, who catches him and demands his unborn child in return. The witch locks the child in a tower, where the girl grows her hair long enough for a passing prince to climb up. Merriment ensues.
Zelinsky's art sets the story in an early Renaissance could-be-Italy, and the central spread, chock full of drama, is of the witch taking the baby. There's a rumpled bed with the mother, post-partum, lying exhausted among the sheets. There's the young husband, sitting with his head in his hands, horrified at what he's given away. And there's the black clad sorceress, a classic old hag, stealing from the room with the newborn babe in her arms.
Well, that musta been a hell of a conversation. Imagine the husband coming home: Honey, I got you your vegetables, but there's a catch: the witch gets the kid. What would his wife say to him? And why does the witch want the baby? In fairy tales motivations don't matter: the witch wants the baby because she's a witch. But I am contrary and difficult and I want a real motive for taking that child. Sold for Endless Rue is, among other things, my attempt to do that.
As happens with these sorts of bolt-from-the blue notions, it sat around gathering dust-bunnies and stray factoids while I wrote other things. I began cursorily reading up on daily life in the Renaissance, thinking of ways to rehabilitate the witch. Maybe she's a midwife? At least that would give her a reason to be in the room when the baby was born. But why take the kid?
I had nuthin.
And then I stumbled across a factoid that rewrote my whole idea of the middle ages and, by the way, this story. The first medical school in Europe, the Scuola Medicina Salernitana, not only had women as students, but women instructors. One of the most famous, Trotula di Ruggiero (immortalized in the Jack and Jill rhyme as "old Dame Trot"), specialized in women's medicine–what we'd call OB/GYN. Her texts on the subject were in use for centuries. Dame Trot was not a damsel or a peasant. She was a professional woman. How cool is that?
One of my secret vices: I love medical history, medical mysteries, medical technology. Now I had an excuse to research the Scuola and dig deeper into medical theory of the time. Boy, did they have theories. Most of them are scary-laughable, but some of them were solidly sensible (for instance, the Scuola recommended a moderate diet, clean living, and lots of sleep). Pretty quickly it was clear to me my witch wasn't a witch but a doctor, and that her reason for taking the baby was rooted somehow in her ambition.
I hate the sort of historical fiction where the heroine is a 21st century soul in a 13th century houppelande. Unless you show me why that character is an outlier from her own culture, you lose me. How would a peasant girl even think of becoming a physician, a profession overwhelmingly male, occupied by those wealthy enough to have the education required to enter the Scuola? Where would she get, for lack of a better word, the balls?
Then, among the dust-bunnies and factoids I'd been collecting, I got this image of a child running up a hill, trying to escape someone very scary who is as determined to catch her and beat her to death as she is to escape. She reaches the top of the hill and is stopped cold by her first sight of the sea, stretching out from the bay of Salerno. It overwhelms her with its vastness and strangeness, the sight of the city spilling down into the harbor, the newness of things she'd never imagined. And then she hears the sound of her pursuer and runs again.
That's where Laura's story begins. Everything she is comes from one moment when even terror can't stop her curiosity, and when determination is all that keeps her alive. That's how she can go against the grain of her time and place.
There are things Laura loses in gaining what she wants. There are people she loses. Just like now, devoting yourself to your profession can have very personal cost. Taking that baby, in Laura's mind, evens old scores.
But of course, taking the baby is only half the story. Babies, even babies raised in the towers of academe, grow up, and make plans of their own…
Sold For Endless Rue: Amazon|Barnes & Noble|Indiebound|Powell's
Read an excerpt. Visit the author's blog. Follow her on Twitter.
Two SFWA Presidents
One is near the end of his term! One's term has yet to begin! Can you guess which is which?
Photo by Catherine Shaffer.
Nebula Award Winners!
The winners are in bold. Also noted: The Norton and Bradbury awards, as well as the Solstice and the Kevin J. O'Donnell Service to SFWA Award.
- 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz '13)
- Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
- The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
- On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)
- "The Stars Do Not Lie," Jay Lake (Asimov's 10-11/12)
- "All the Flavors," Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
- "Katabasis," Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
- "Barry's Tale," Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)
- "Close Encounters," Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories)
- "The Pyre of New Day," Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth Books of SF Wars)
- "The Waves," Ken Liu (Asimov's 12/12)
- "The Finite Canvas," Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
- "Swift, Brutal Retaliation," Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12)
- "Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia," Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 8/22/12)
- "Fade to White," Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)
Short Story:
- "Immersion," Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
- "Robot," Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
- "Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes," Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld 4/12)
- "Nanny's Day," Leah Cypess (Asimov's 3/12)
- "Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream," Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed 7/12)
- "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species," Ken Liu (Lightspeed8/12)
- "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain," Cat Rambo (Near + Far)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court 13/Fox Searchlight)
- The Avengers, Joss Whedon (director) and Joss Whedon and Zak Penn (writers), (Marvel/Disney)
- The Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard (director), Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (writers) (Mutant Enemy/Lionsgate)
- The Hunger Games, Gary Ross (director), Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray (writers), (Lionsgate)
- John Carter, Andrew Stanton (director), Michael Chabon, Mark Andrews, and Andrew Stanton (writers), (Disney)
- Looper, Rian Johnson (director), Rian Johnson (writer), (FilmDistrict/TriStar)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book
- Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
- Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
- Black Heart, Holly Black (McElderry; Gollancz)
- Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
- The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
- Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
- Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday UK)
- Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
- Every Day, David Levithan (Knopf)
- Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu Books)
- Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
- Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
Solstice Awards were awarded to editor Ginjer Buchanan and astronomer and entertainer Carl Sagan, the latter of which was accepted by his son Nick Sagan.
The Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service Award was awarded to Michael Payne.
(The list above borrowed from this Tor.com posting. You may also see results on SFWA's own site.)
Also, of course, we formally invested Gene Wolfe with the title of Grand Master. He was gracious and touching in his speech, which is of course no surprise at all.
I am delighted to say that my final Nebula Award ceremony as president went along swimmingly, with Robert Silverberg as our emcee. I got to introduced Bob and give him some good-natured ribbing; he got up and dropped a house on me, which may go down as one of the highlights of my time as SFWA President. If you ever get a chance to get zinged by Grand Master Silverberg, I highly recommend it.
Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to the other most worthy nominees, and many thanks to the volunteers and other who made the Nebula Ceremony, and indeed the entire Nebula Weekend, possible. It was a great time. As a fan, I was thrilled. As the President of SFWA, I was relieved.
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Me and Jay Lake at the Nebula Mass Signing yesterday. I taste of executive power. For another few weeks, anyway.
Picture borrowed from jay's site, here.
RT Book Reviews Video Interview; IGMS Review of THD
Welcome to Saturday.
First: Look! A video interview with me from RT Book Reviews, taken during the Booklover's Convention a couple of weeks ago in Kansas City. I talk about The Human Division, the RT convention and some SFWA matters:
Second: Jamie Todd Rubin reviews The Human Division in Intergalactic Medicine Show, and has nice things to say about the book. For example:
The Human Division is not just John Scalzi at its best, it is science fiction at its best.
Yup, that's a jacket blurb right there.
Third: Nebula Weekend fabulous so far. Wish you were here.
View From a Hotel Window: San Jose
And to answer the age-old question, no, I don't know the way to San Jose, on account that for the last two days I was driven around by other people and have no idea, navigationally, how I got here. Thank God for GPS.
Nevertheless I am here, in San Jose, and about to formally embark on my last ever Nebula Weekend as president of SFWA. It'll be fun. Those of you who are in or near San Jose, remember that there is the mass signing today at 5:30, with me and dozens of your favorite science fiction and fantasy writers; here are the details. See you there!
Hey! Mass SF/F Signing! Tomorrow! San Jose! 5:30 – 7:30! With Me!
Want to see literally dozens of SF/F writers in one place at one time? Who are there to sign books? For you?
Then come on down to the San Jose Hilton (300 Almaden Blvd), from 5:30 to 7:30pm tomorrow (Friday, May 17) for the SFWA Mass Signing. It's free and open to the public. Come see me! Not just me: Here are the some of the others signing books:
John Joseph Adams
Saladin Ahmed
Catherine Asaro
Kate Baker
Terry Bisson
Leah Bobet
Sonja A. Bock
Chaz Brenchley
Jason V Brock
Tina Connolly
Grania Davis
Aliette de Bodard
Jon DeCles
William C. Dietz
Sarah Beth Durst
Cynthia Felice
Jim Fiscus
Susan Forest
Steven Gould
Karen Haber Silverberg
Joe W. Haldeman
Marty Halpern
Maria Dahvana Headley
Howard V. Hendrix
Vylar Kaftan
Alethea Kontis
Mary Robinette Kowal
Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
Edward M. Lerner
Brit Mandelo
Lee Martindale
Michael J. Martinez
Jack McDevitt
Mike Moscoe
Eugene Myers
Mark Niemann-Ross
William Nolan
Diana L. Paxson
Michael H. Payne
Cat Rambo
Kim Stanley Robinson
Deborah J. Ross
Stanley Schmidt
Lawrence M. Schoen
Robert Silverberg
Bud Sparhawk
Rachel Swirsky
Joe Trela
Connie Willis
Gene Wolfe
Honestly, I don't know why you wouldn't want to show up. It's science fiction/fantasy Nirvana. Borderlands Books will be on hand with books to buy, or you can bring your own. We'll be happy to scrawl in them.
See you there!
Brace Yourselves, Internet, For the Unremitting Onslaught of SEXY
Oh, yes. My "just woke up" hairdo brings all the girls to the yard. And yes, of course, I am seriously considering this for my next author photo. Because, obviously, why wouldn't I.
My Thursday will be spent in SFWA board meetings, followed by my appearance tonight at Books, Inc., in Mountain View, Ca at 7pm. If you are in the vicinity of Mountain View, come on by. I promise what little remains of my hair will be under control at that point.
South Bay: I Am At Book, Inc's Mountain View Store Tomorrow at 7pm!
The headline says it all, but in case you need more information, here are all the details, including the address of the store.
This will also be useful for those of you who are in San Francisco but for some reason can't make it to see me tonight. Yes, it's an extra jaunt for you, but that will make the appearance all the sweeter, I think. Right? Maybe? Hmmmmm?
Come on by. We'll see you there.
Paul Di Filippo Writes Up The Human Division for Barnes and Noble Review
And it's a very good read (and also a positive review — the two are not always related), looking at THD in the context of the military science fiction genre, and giving readers a useful overview of that storied sub-genre. Here's the takeaway, which hearkens back to the overview:
Entertainingly exemplifying the maxim that "All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means," The Human Division is the type of intelligently crafted and inventive military-political science fiction that reminds us that though we might be able to pinpoint a genre's takeoff point, nobody can predict how far it it will fly.
I'll take that. Check it out.
My Superpower, Which Happens to Be Useful For My Book Tour
It is: I am almost always able to wake up within five minutes of when I need to wake up.
Today is a perfect example. I wanted to be at the airport in time for my flight, which is at 10:20 am. This being LA and me needing to travel on the 405 and return a rental car with a full tank of gas, and me generally preferring to be early than late, I decided that I needed to be up at 6 am.
I woke up, wide awake, at 5:56.
This is a very useful unearned talent.
It impresses my wife, who does not have a similar talent, and who in the morning hits the snooze button enough that the poor thing probably had PTSD at this point. There have been at least a couple of times where she has not wanted to be woken up my the alarm and has just asked me to take her up at a specific time. I think this shows maybe a little too much faith in my innate abilities to wake up in a timely fashion, but on the other hand I haven't yet failed to get her up at the requested time, so you tell me (note: when I do this, Krissy does not hit me repeatedly, in snooze button fashion).
Please note that this talent is not infallible: about five percent of the time I manage to sleep until my own alarm goes off. This is why, I will note, I actually do set an alarm. It's nice to have backup (and not to miss important things). I'm confident in this brain quirk of mine, but I also have a healthy respect for the fact that human brains are less than perfect machines. What it ultimately means is that nineteen times out of twenty I don't have to wake up to a harsh buzzing in my ear, and that is its own reward.
This is actually my second superpower; the first one was that when the phone rang, I could pick up the phone and tell the person on the other end who they were. This was not because I was psychic (I'm guessing) but because I was good at making educated guesses as to who would be calling me at any particular point in time. I was rarely wrong. However, these days, announcing to people on the phone who they are does not mean you have a superpower, it means you have Caller ID. Thank you so much, march of progress.
Reminder: Tomorrow, San Francisco, Borderlands Books, 7pm
And I'm very excited about it, because Borderlands is one of my favorite bookstores in all the land, and it's always so much fun to be there. Will you be there? You should be! That is, if you're in the San Francisco area. If you're, like, in Idaho, it's okay if you sit this one out. One day I will come to Idaho, I'm sure. But if you're in or near San Francisco, Borderlands is going to be the place to be.
The details are on Borderlands Books events page; scroll down a little bit.
See you there!


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She's facing off with Michael Fassbender as antagonistic suit Meredith Vickers in Ridley Scott's Prometheus, and with Kristen Stewart as Snow White and the Huntsman's Evil Queen.
From her astonishing breakout in Monster through to her caustic lead in Young Adult, Digital Spy takes a look back at Theron's five best movie roles below...
Monster (2003)
Although she'd racked up a few significant roles prior – most notably Mighty Joe Young (1998) and The Cider House Rules (1999) – Theron's gutsy breakout came with the role of real-life prostitute-turned-serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Her ferociously compelling turn attracted raves from critics (Roger Ebert dubbed it one of the greatest in cinema history) and won her an Oscar, a SAG Award and a Golden Globe.
North Country (2005)
Dodging the bullet of the post-Oscar curse, Theron followed up one lauded performance with another, playing a Minnesota miner who filed the first successful sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States. Although some critics criticised the film's convoluted plotting and emotionally manipulative courtroom portions, Theron was universally praised for her grounded and sensitive portrayal.
Hancock (2007)
After her first less-than-successful stab at a superhero franchise with Aeon Flux, Theron found better fortune with Peter Berg's semi-satirical tale of a vigilante (Will Smith) whose reckless and costly "heroism" has made him hated by everyone in New York. Theron's role, initially set up as a run-of-the-mill damsel in distress, turned out to be interesting enough to tempt her back for the upcoming sequel.
The Road (2009)
John Hillcoat's unrelenting adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bleak apocalyptic novel retains its source material's scant cast list, but expanded Theron's role as the doomed wife of Viggo Mortensen's hero. Via a series of flashbacks, scribe Nick Cave gives Theron the room to hauntingly portray a woman who, having given birth just after the film's unspecified apocalyptic event, gradually loses the will to live.
Young Adult (2011)
After a hiatus of more than two years, Theron returned to screens with a blistering performance scripted by notoriously smart-mouthed Juno writer Diablo Cody. Playing the eponymous Mavis, a self-obsessed divorcee who returns to her hometown in a bid to ensnare her now-married high school boyfriend, Theron fearlessly creates a disturbed and disturbing character who is frequently despicable, yet never unsympathetic.
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By Frogtown1
from Connecticut
About Me Parent of Two or More Children
Comments about Industries Superyard XT Gate:
This is a very stiff gate and is not user friendly. It is a good product if you don't have to collapse it to stow away. If you do like I did, the frustration reminded me of untangling Christmas tree lights. I returned it and bravo to Diapers.com for having such a great return policy.
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A must buy for anyone with a child!
By Elizabeth
from Brooklyn, NY
A must for every parent or caretaker for a mobile baby. I love the size of this playpen. It really feels large for my nephew who is quit big for his age and newly crawling and taking steps. He loves to be in there with all his toys and even I can get in and play with plenty of room to move. It is a lifesaver for a non baby proof house and should be mandatory for anyone caring for a quick little one. It takes some time to get used to the set up but the product it sturdy. My parents have one that is over 15 years old and still kicking! Invest and know you will have forever and can pass around the family. And buy it from Diapers.com. No one compares to service or delivery time.
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By ocdmom
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I use this with the extra panels (8 panels total) for my 9 month old. He pulls up on it and cruises. We put the non-slip pads it came with on the bottom plus we have it on a foam matt so it definitely does not slip and is very sturdy when he pulls up on it. We originally tried to put it in a rectangle configuration but it was not sturdy so we stuck with the recommended octagon configuration. The 8 panels provide a large play area for him. It packs up very easily and I don't think it is all that heavy or awkward to carry. The hinges do make a popping noise as you are getting them into place but I don't think it is exceptionally loud. Love the product and am very pleased with it. It is exactly what I was looking for at a great price.
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By Mother Goose
from Stamford, CT
For the price this gate is an excellent value. The size is great, if you put it in the shape of a rectangle it's about the size of a crib, and if you put it in a hexagon the kids feel like they have more space to play. I've used it for both a playpen and as a crib when traveling and if you keep the carry handle strap it's very easy to tow this thing around and fits easily in the trunk of your car. I originally got this so that I could put off having to babyproof for a while because i live in a low grade apartment with peeling paint and whatnot, and my husband was paranoid about letting our cat and baby play together for a while. so we kept her in this until she started feeling isolated, once she started crawling around 6 months we opened it up and wrapped it around our sectional sofa so that we could sit comfortably while keeping her company and playing with her. we kept it this way for a looooong time and the only thing that concerned me was the spokes on the ends when you leave it open instead of closed (we had it openly wrapped around the front of the couch) so we covered them with pillows to keep her from falling on them and kept it in place. We kept it like this until now, she is 11 months now and has been running around since she was about 7 or 8 months and she finally learned how to pull it aside and escape so now i finally babyproofed everything and let her run loose and gave the gate a new function, this time i wrapped it around the tv & entertainment center so she can't get into the cables, dvds, or tip over the tv and such and it's doing a great job at that too! i also like the fact that i can attach toys all over it with those plastic rings you can find just about anywhere. I only have two complaints about this product and that is 1. it's very loud so don't try to set it up when baby is sleeping, and 2. at first it's very difficult to open and close it but after a while you get the hang of it. i only give it 4 stars because i'm sure it's probably not THE BEST one out there and it's not exactly pretty to look at, but again it's a great value for the price!
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When I first got it in the package, it was hard to pull out. It's great that it came compacted, but it was hard to open since it becomes 6 pieces all connected. The small piece of (whatever it is) that's holding all of it together should be turned into something where we moms can carry it like a bag if needed.Also, the fact that the 6 are connected make it hard to bend the gate to the shape desired since you really have to push/pull hard to get it to bend.I hate having to individually put the friction guard on the bottom, considering the size of the gate.I am currently using just 4 of the 6 to block off the entertainment center as well as blocking off a path so that my child doesn't wander into the kitchen.It's working really well in containing my child to a space and when my child pulls/tugs on it, it's very sturdy, which is great!!
Just what I needed
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This product will be great to corral my three Border Collies and my Granddaughter in seperate areas but still able to see each other !! Very pleasedwith this product.
love it, very handy
By kylan the beautiful baby
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Very convenient and bigger then the playpen.
does what it should
By Emelsee
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Does what it's supposed to. I purchased it hoping my son would last longer in it than he does the pack n play, where he was beginning to feel trapped, and it worked out. I mainly use it to keep him safe and contained in his room while I shower in the bathroom connected to his room. I also recently had a stomach virus and this thing was a life saver! It gave me a place to put him when I needed to lay down or get sick.
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i live with my friend and our boys are close in age it alows use to clean and get school work done. The safety yard is a life saver cant wait til summer to use it at the beach.
Great product!
By Erica
from New York, NY
I love using this when I want to ensure my son does not crawl or touch furniture that are dangerous. Its big enough so that he does not feel like he is trapped. I only wish it wasnt heavy. Overall a must for crawelers!
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Not all configurations work
By Richard
from Pittsburgh, PA
We used one of the configurations in the instructions to create a barrier between rooms so that our infant son wouldn't crawl into my workspace, under my office chair. However, one time I tripped over it and the whole fence fell down. When I tried to replace a broken section, I found the connectors were also broken. It lasted us about a month or two.
(1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
By Mommie Cookie
from Tampa, FL
My 10 month old son is entergetic and fairly strong for his age. Within 10 minutes of bein inside this gate, my son managed to push across the tile floor and managed to climb out. And my son can't walk yet. I returned the gate the next day.
(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Sturdy Enough for my 4 Terriers!!
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[★#002] SJ-WORLD helps Yesung Melody: donation results.► Money sent on August 14, 2010.
Posted 31 August 2010 - 04:17 AM
Amazing presents!! Thank you donators!!! You guys are the best!
and to all the forums that helped out!!
Posted 31 August 2010 - 06:46 AM
I know that SJW had a BIG part of the gifts because of the amount of money that we helped with!
An iMac is so awesome + the rest of the gifts!
I'm so glad that he loves his presents! :D
Thanks to YesungMelody and SJW!
Please check out the new fan fiction (:
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Posted 31 August 2010 - 07:22 AM
They were great presents! Thank You to YesungMelody and SJWorld for making this possible!
Really Hope Yesung enjoys his gifts and reads all of our birthday wishes! =)
Posted 31 August 2010 - 09:41 AM
It really does fit him perfectly xD!
Glad that he liked it (:!
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Posted 31 August 2010 - 01:19 PM
tabe25, on Aug 18 2010, 08:56 PM, said:
Posted 31 August 2010 - 03:45 PM
could u explain in english what some of the gifts were? i didn't know what some of the things were. fail me!!
nice of everyone who donated and hopefully he had a great birthday and liked the gifts. he totally deserved everything that he got.
i totally forgot to donate.
Posted 31 August 2010 - 04:05 PM
iMac? Seriously? wow
Anyways, yay~!! They're all soooo nice
Yesung is so awesome~~
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:37 AM
Good job for ELF that participate n__n
Woah! All his present are sure expensive. And the iMac... Wah! I really want to buy it =__=
It's good to know he was enjoying the use of his iMac ^__^
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Posted 05 September 2010 - 05:35 AM
and here I'm spazzing again over seeing my name on the card lmao sorry >< but I was blushing when I saw it along w/ my message.. now that I re-read it, it doesn't really make sense xD but yeah... thanks a lot for staff who translated it into Korean.. the cards w/ the album look very nice and precious too..
here I wanna thanks SJW's and YesungMelody's staffs to make this project happen.. can't ever express my gratitude toward you guys, you're all amazing people
yesung's mom talking about how he enjoys the gifts is the best thing I would ever expect thx Alice and YesungMelody's master to confirm and share this good news~
Posted 06 September 2010 - 03:15 PM
So disappointed I wasn't able to help with this.
I bet he had the cutest, biggest smile on his face when he received them! ^___^
I wonder what's in the works for the upcoming boys' birthdays.
I'll be sure to contribute then!
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Thanks to everyone who donated!!
The computer looks great!
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Fertility Problems
Topic Overview
What are fertility problems?
You may have fertility problems if you haven't been able to get pregnant after trying for at least 1 year. It doesn't necessarily mean you will never get pregnant. Often, couples conceive without help in their second year of trying. Some don't succeed. But medical treatments do help many couples.
Age is an important factor if you are trying to decide whether to get testing and treatment for fertility problems. A woman is most fertile in her late 20s. After age 35, fertility decreases and the risk of miscarriage goes up.
- If you are younger than 35, you may want to give yourself more time to get pregnant.
- If you are 35 or older, you may want to get help soon.
What causes fertility problems?
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- About 50 out of 100 are caused by a problem with the Reference woman's reproductive system Opens New Window Reference Opens New Window. These may be problems with her fallopian tubes or uterus or her ability to ovulate (release an egg).
- About 35 out of 100 are caused by a problem with the Reference man's reproductive system Opens New Window Reference Opens New Window. The most common is low sperm count.
- In about 10 out of 100, no cause can be found in spite of testing.
- About 5 out of 100 are caused by an uncommon problem.
Should you be tested for fertility problems?
Before you have fertility tests, try Reference fertility awareness Opens New Window. A woman can learn when she is likely to ovulate and be fertile by charting her Reference basal body temperature Opens New Window and using home tests. Some couples find that they simply have been missing their most fertile days when trying to conceive.
If you aren't sure when you ovulate, try this Reference Interactive Tool: When Are You Most Fertile? Reference
If these methods don't help, the first step is for both partners to have some simple tests. A doctor can:
- Do a physical exam of both of you.
- Ask questions about your past health to look for clues, such as a history of miscarriages or pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Ask about your lifestyle habits, such as how often you exercise and whether you drink alcohol or use drugs.
- Do tests that check Reference semen Opens New Window quality and both partners' Reference hormone Opens New Window levels in the blood. Hormone imbalances can be a sign of ovulation problems or sperm problems that can be treated.
Your family doctor can do these tests. For more complete testing, you may need to see a fertility specialist.
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A wide range of treatments is available. Depending on what is causing the problem, a couple may be able to:
- Take a medicine that helps the woman ovulate.
- Have a procedure that puts sperm directly inside the woman (insemination).
- Have a surgery that corrects a problem caused by endometriosis or blocked fallopian tubes.
- Have a procedure that might increase the man's sperm count.
If these options aren't possible or don't work for you, you may want to think about in vitro fertilization (IVF). During an IVF, eggs and sperm are mixed in a lab so the sperm can fertilize the eggs. Then the doctor puts one or more fertilized eggs into the woman's uterus. Many couples try IVF more than once.
Treatment for fertility problems can be stressful, costly, and hard on your body. Before you start testing, make some decisions about how far you are willing to go with treatment. You may change your mind later, but it's a good idea to start with a plan.
- Learn all you can about the tests and treatments. Then decide which you want to try. For example, some couples agree to try medicines but don't want surgery or other treatments.
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Homebirth care is always individualised to the needs of the woman and family. The following information can help you to understand what may happen in labour, to give you a sense of your options and lessen any surprises. When you birth at home, you can expect to:
- Wear whatever you like in labour
- Have vaginal examinations when / if you want them. Your midwife may suggest an examination if she feels it is needed, which is not very often as we know that babies are born whether vaginal examinations are performed or not and many women prefer to avoid them wherever possible.
- To have your temperature, blood pressure and pulse taken when it is necessary to do so – sometimes this is not done at all
- Have your baby's heart beat listened to with a hand-held doppler that allows you to remain in the bath or shower.
- If additional fluids are needed, you can expect your midwife to offer you lots of drinks – this will also help to keep up your energy levels. In fact, your midwife will probably offer food and fluids regularly throughout your labour anyway.
- We don't use ID bands at home. Not for Mum, not for baby. No chance of anyone getting lost, everyone knows who's who, and no mother is handed the wrong baby!
- Your waters are very unlikely to be broken at home.
- You can expect to give birth in the position that's most comfortable to you at the time. For many women, this is kneeling (so you can catch your own baby) or all fours (and your partner can catch the baby).
- Waterbirth is a common birth method at home.
- While "pain relief" is not offered, your midwife will make suggestions to assist your level of comfort such as position changes, hot packs, bath, shower, massage and so on.
- You will find that your body will push instinctively when the time's right.
- Many women will not tear and episiotomy is very rare at home.
- Placentas usually come of their own accord, in their own time provided that the blood loss is not excessive.
- Your baby's cord will be cut after the placenta is born, and some women prefer to leave it intact and have a lotus birth.
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Yet Obama has spent millions to seal all his school records. Can't look at his grades, see what classes he took, nobody from school seems to remember him. What might we find if this information was made available? What conclusions might we make?
Country is going to hell in a hand basket and everybody posting on Romney's taxes. I imagine people who have a couple hundred million have to put it somewhere. I imagine his finance people have it posited in foreign investments, domestic investments, maybe some in a Swiss Bank. Maybe when you do business globally it is easier to facilitate an internation transfer from a Swiss Bank? I don't know. Way way out of my league. Probably some spots that aren't politically correct, not illegal. Doesn't want to give Obama chance to pick at it.Got to know every nuance of Romney's tax returns. Yet Obama has spent millions to seal all his school records. Can't look at his grades, see what classes he took, nobody from school seems to remember him. What might we find if this information was made available? What conclusions might we make?Frank Marshall Davis was a friend of Obama's grandfather. From what I understand grandpa wanted Obama to have a black man mentor. Frank was a card carrying communist. Kind of guy the FBI had listed for a pick up if we had a major dust up with the Soviets. I also think Obama wrote something about gravitating to the communists in college. Imagine he may have taken some interesting courses to explore his leanings. But of course that was 30 years ago. Yet I wonder. When did Obama change and become a free enterprise kind of guy?
I appreciate the try John, but only see anti Obama stuff.The way I see tax returns is when they are given, they are ignored. Obama has, Biden has, most candidates have, and no one pays much attention. Romney saying over and over that he won't makes people wonder why. Has nothing to do with wanting to pick them apart or anything else. Just human nature that he is making people think he is hiding something.I don't know why Obama has not released his grades. It is public knowledge he graduated Harvard magna cum laude, I think that means all A's. I suspect it is more about the birther type stuff that he supposedly got non citizen scholarships or some such claim that comes out of thin air. But whatever.What did you expect? That he would hang with white power skin heads and the KKK like the teas? Anyway, that was all anti-Obama and not pro Romney/Ryan. But i appreciate that you even tried.
OK duck, let me try again and this time I will try and be friendly I observed you saying that the negative campaign attacks were equally as bad from both sides. I simply wanted to point out, that no, calling a candidate a slave owing felon is much more negative than saying you lied and your policies are bad. How can you disagree?
Duck, and his associates, have never been within 10 miles of a Tea Party function, much less attended any meetings.
How could you possibly know that John? To say that I would not agree with the teas is easy, but not saying if I ever went to a gathering.
Wow, such hatred. John, what concerts have I gone to? How many Democratic rallies? What is my favorite color? Where did I go on vacation last year? Who do I look up to? What educational degrees do I hold? How many kids do I have? How old am I? Now, I am glad that you have the time to go to so many OWS meetings to document those things. I hope you turned such things over to the police since they are crimes. I would be interested in your firsthand account of some, how you happened to see it and how you responded. I was wondering, when you take photos of vandalism and other crimes and the police take the chip or whatever for evidence, do you get it back? Now, you had one of your hate-ins at Lorranger Square. I happened to go to Dorsch and I went over for maybe 10 minutes and listened to the "they are the enemy" crap. There was not a big crowd. Seemed to be the same hate filled socialist fascist Nazi liberal child eating enemy stuff I hear here all the time. Maybe I got there at the wrong time and it was all peace and love? And I DID comment on it.But, since you know all about me tell me where I put my spare set of keys, I sure can't find them.Oh, and thanks for being nice and saying why you are in favor of Romney and his pick of Ryan.
Something about Romney's body language bothers me. Every time I see him talk on TV he seems very tense and nervous. Obama always seems calm and relaxed and in complete control.
I seriously doubt that come November that I will vote for the Republican's for President, but if I look at this objectively....I'd say it is a good pick by the Romney campaign. Picks up some Tea Party votes along with some conservative potential crossover votes. He has a personality that some folks will take a liking too as well.Christie, as the other VP selection, would have been easy media and Democrat attack fodder that have made Sarah Palin look like a viable VP candidate. BTW, I watched "Game Change" recently....she was a bigger buffoon than I thought. I'd still like to ask Glenn Rice how good that stuff was though .I think being a Congress critter may work to his advantage....seems to have done the trick for Obama.Time will tell though, but he does seem to have energized the Romney campaign somewhat. I suspect Obama will win the election, and we will still have a divided country.
Thank you Flanders. I see negative as negative without need of qualifying if one is worse than another. Just raises the blood pressure and gets nowhere. I have no problem with your view being that they are not equal even if I would not agree.
"I'm Mitt Romney, and I will cut spending with this guy..."
Something about Romney's body language bothers me. Every time I see him talk on TV he seems very tense and nervous.


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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
A Little Stranger
14 comments:
- brett paesel said...
What a wonderfully written piece. I can imagine how terrifying that whole weekend must have been. Thanks for sharing your story, Kate!
- June 30, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Lauren said...
Loved this essay. Well-told! And fascinating to my scientist-mind. Never heard of a teratoma before.
- June 30, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Jody Mace said...
Wow, when you got to the part about the tooth my very first thought was "I'd want to keep that in a jar!" It's too bad you couldn't at least keep the tooth part. Pictures are nice too, though. Great story!
- June 30, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Jennifer Margulis said...
This is an amazing essay, amazingly well written, and so sweet, funny, worrisome, and reassuring all at the same time. I never heard of a renegade egg. I'm so glad you didn't have a tumor. And that your husband is such a good sport! Too bad you didn't get to keep it in a jar. But it's probably for the best!
- June 30, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Loved the way you turned this terrifying experience--one I'm sure many of us moms carry around in our heads--into such a funny, tender essay about life, and what we make of it. My cousin had one of these odd tumors, too.
- June 30, 2010 at 8:46 PM
- Diana said...
I really enjoyed reading this. I had the same thing happen to me (it was the size of a grapefruit, the doctor explained) except I was all of 9 years of age when it was found. As you can imagine my mother was more worried than I was. It was nice to see you tell your story with a sense of humor..
- July 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- kris bordessa said...
What a strange and scary thing to face. Nicely told, but I'm with the macabre few - I think I'd want to *see* that tooth!
- July 1, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Mark said...
Superb piece of writing, Kate. I remember my mother getting a phone call of doom when I was home from college one summer. (Can't forget how she squeezed my hand when the doc explained over the phone the ominous things the test results meant.) Your piece brought me back to that moment -- long enough ago to have some distance -- but this time around with such an incredible and, thankfully, humorous twist. What a weird age we live in where there are tests that detect "tumors" that turn out, on closer inspection, to be (or at least have) teeth!
- July 1, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- jesscio said...
I had a similar experience with my first pregnancy. I always attributed the teratoma to my body's thrill at finally getting to be pregnant! For a while it was fun, I had ultrasounds once a month to keep an eye on the tumor's growth -- which meant I got to see the baby growing, too. (Of course there was always a twinge that it was not as benign as it seemed.) Eventually it began to crowd the baby and it had to come out -- at 4 months pregnant. That was a little worrisome. It all ended well and my baby girl is now eleven. The doc shared photos of the "little monster" - it was fascinating - lots a brain matter and hair - yuck! And to this day my sister-in-law likes to suggest that our first born was "almost twins"! Thanks for sharing your story, Kate, and so glad it all turned out well for you!
- July 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Wow. What amazes me is that in the 10th grade, thinking of Mary (of course) I asked my biology teacher if it wasn't remotely, astronomically possible for an egg to start to develop by itself. He said no, not at all. Now, this guy was generally a good teacher, but he was also awash in creationism and I believe he knew what I was thinking. Funny that I'm no longer a Christian but now I realize that those eggs CAN start up without sperm.
I wonder how many babies have been born without dad's genetic material? I mean, we wouldn't question it, would we? Unless we get everybody genetically tested, we will never know whether or not any people were actually born from an egg only.
Seems nothing is impossible with life... - July 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Kate Haas said...
Thanks for the feedback, everyone! Jesscio, wow. I can't imagine finding one of these while pregnant. Now there's a story!
Just to clarify, Anonymous, while an egg can "start up without sperm," it can't grow into an actual baby without being fertilized. It can only grow bits of genetic material. - July 23, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Lone Star Ma said...
Kate - this was really interesting. I loved it. Hope y'all are alright.
- July 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM
I enjoyed the way you told your story. A few years ago I had a weekend of terror following a breast biopsy, but my son's birthday forced us to go about our business as usual while we waited for Monday. I was like a robot, baking the cake, singing happy birthday. Fortunately my news was good.
Then a year or so later I had an ovarian mass that the doctor thought might be a teratoma, but it turned out to be a cyst. It was big enough that I had to have it removed. I have pictures, too. They are not very pretty.
I think about the women 100+ years ago who grew cysts and teratomas and other masses, but who didn't have any way to get them removed, and I feel so sad for them. - August 21, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- akrazia said...
During my pregnancy, my anatomy ultrasound found a cyst that caused some concern, but was deemed to be something similar, called a dermoid cyst. It apparently had bits of fat, hair and bone in it-- they could tell this from the relative densities in the scan or something. We kept an eye on it, but it wasn't growing-- who knows how long it had been there.
They ended up taking it out during my c-section, and the last thing I saw as I left the operating room was a group of docs bent over it on a table with "oh cool" expressions on their faces. As busy as I was with my son, I really wish I had been able to see it. - September 3, 2010 at 9:00 PM


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