About Alyx Dellamonica

Alyx Dellamonica lives in Toronto, Ontario, with their wife, author Kelly Robson. They write fiction, poetry, and sometimes plays, both as A.M. Dellamonica and L.X. Beckett. A long-time creative writing teacher and coach, they now work at the UofT writing science articles and other content for the Department of Chemistry. They identify as queer, nonbinary, autistic, Nerdfighter, and BTS Army.

Telewitterings, high fiber and spoiler free

We trimmed Once Upon a Time from the to-watch list a few weeks ago; much as I adore Lana Parilla and Giancarlo Esposito, it was time to accept that the quality of the writing and the overall schtick didn’t make it worth the time.

Ringer met the same fate this week, as that had devolved into laughing uproariously every time Ioan Gruffyd looked pole-axed (which occurs at least six times per episode) but otherwise tuning out.

Four episodes into S1 of The Killing, the verdict seems to wow, be not much is happening, and boy is it grim! Things need to pick up in some way or we won’t make it to S2, which starts soon. Yawn, yawn, Michelle Forbes is gorgeous, yawn some more.

Merlin: “Lancelot du Lac” was a total copout, and on one of my favorite stories. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised or disappointed.

So what am I enjoying? Smash. The River’s been uneven but mostly good cheesy fun, and I’m counting the days to the premiere of Game of Thrones.

New James Morrow Story!

Moments like this are why the word squee was coined, folks: James Morrow’s got a story up, “Thanatos Beach,” on Tor.com. And hey, everyone: it’s tentacle porn. (Among other things.)

And if you want something chewy to ponder, S.C. Butler is on the SFNovelists blog, asking: Are RPGs Good or Bad for Writing?

New James Morrow Story!

Moments like this are why the word squee was coined, folks: James Morrow’s got a story up, “Thanatos Beach,” on Tor.com. And hey, everyone: it’s tentacle porn. (Among other things.)

And if you want something chewy to ponder, S.C. Butler is on the SFNovelists blog, asking: Are RPGs Good or Bad for Writing?

Bragging up a couple students

A couple of my students have had notable successes lately:

Lisa Voisin has sold her debut paranormal romance, The Watcher, to Inkspell Publishing. Her release date is September 7th, 2012. I had the opportunity to read an earlier draft of this book as part of the one-on-one mentoring I do in association with Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, and it is delicious, with an off-beat love story and a heroine whose backstory gives a whole new meaning to ‘woman with a past.’

Natashia Deon, the heart and soul of the Dirty Laundry Lit reading series, has learned that the PEN Center USA is going to fund the program for a second year. Here’s the latest video from Dirty Laundry.