Beyond Selidor

I read a lot of authors' blogs. In many cases, I read their blogs for years before I ever get around to buying their books. Catherynne M. Valente is one such author. I highly recommend her blog. Two recent excellent posts should be enough to tempt you.

This one is about usernames, and really speaks to my own experiences:

But when I think back on my usernames I see a strata of the person I became. Characters from books I loved, ill-advised attempts at sounding erudite and mysterious, aligning with my classics major for all the world to see.

And today's post, about friendship, is great too:

I find it frustrating to spend long periods of time around, well, non-geeks, for lack of a better term. People who don't read fiction or care about the internet, people who sniff and say they don't watch movies. I just don't feel like I can add anything to their lives, and they don't want to know about mine.

Check her blog out, if you're interested. Her LJ username is yuki_onna.