by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog
I am beyond joyful. We turned Georgia blue. We flipped the Senate. It’s stunning to contemplate what this means. The symbolism alone is overwhelming. Reverend (Senator-Elect) Raphael Warnock pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King led the fight for voting rights and human dignity. John Lewis — a lion of the civil rights movement was a parishioner at that church. He is buried across from the church. Reverend Warnock is the first black Democrat ever elected to the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 19, 2020 | Blog
This all started because Gareth Powell, a really terrific British science fiction writer, suggested that we post pictures of what lurks on our desks and hash tag it as #writersdeskcompanions. I took a picture of the most interesting things on my desk — the boxes containing my gaming dice, my lovely kaleidoscope that I got on a trip to Big Sur, a crystal paperweight and the famous Dumb Stick from the Star Trek: TNG writers room. After puzzling everyone on Twitter with this post I realized...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog
This post is ultimately going to be about how life for women prior to 1900 was nothing but drudgery and toil unless they were fortunate enough to be rich and have servants, but first some background. I’ve been having exciting adventures with the Viessmann boiler that not only provides hot water to my house, but also heats the house through the in-floor system. Turns out the boiler had a fatal fabrication flaw that had necessitated a recall. The plumbing company that installed it and...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
I met Kay McCauley at the World Science Fiction Convention in Toronto back in 2003. I was in desperate need of a new literary agent, and George offered to introduce me to his agent. Kay was there to support George who was the GoH, but wasn’t much into the convention scene so I took a taxi and met her for lunch at her hotel. The woman I met was a bit taller than me with elegantly coifed brunette hair, elegant gold jewelry, a chic pantsuit and a perfect manicure. Kay alternated between being...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog
As few days ago I heard Jon Meacham, imminent historian and author of numerous history books, the most recent about Representative John Lewis, one of the lions of the Civil Rights Movement. Meacham said something on a news show that shook me. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to locate the exact quote, but here is a close approximation: “This election will determine if we are the citizens of the country of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass or of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee? Are we the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Sep 26, 2020 | Blog
2020 was the year where we lost two giants who led in the pursuit of justice and a more perfect union. Representative John Lewis who fought for civil rights and voting rights to the point of shedding blood and nearly dying on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg who fought for women’s rights and fought gender discrimination for her entire life. It’s daunting to realize that it’s only been 100 years since women gained the right to vote, and in 1920 that franchise...
