Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I recently noticed that two people had responded to blog posts of mine on their own blogs. I love it when that happens! The first was Hecate, who responded to my post “Courage” with her own post, “Who is Choosing … Continue reading →

You know I like to point out artists that I think are doing interesting work. Well today, I have two of them for you. I can’t post their work here, of course, because it’s their work. But I hope you’ll … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I had a long conversation with a friend about beauty. After that conversation, I realized that I have two incompatible views of beauty. And I don’t know how to reconcile them. The first view has to … Continue reading →

Three very nice things happened in the last few days. The first thing was that I received the page proofs for “Pug,” which is going to be in Asimov’s Science Fiction. It was the first time I had absolutely no … Continue reading →

I’m going to quote from Mario Vargas Llosa’s Nobel Prize lecture, because I think some of the things he said might interest you. They certainly interest me. If, afterward, you want to read the entire lecture, you can do so … Continue reading →

I was thinking about the quality of courage today. I suppose I was thinking about it because I’d seen some things recently that were not at all courageous. That were cowardly. I’m not thinking in terms of physical courage or … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I read this story in the New York Times: “Elusive Forger, Giving but Never Stealing.” It’s about an art forger named Mark Landis, who paints pictures in various styles and then donates them to museums. He’s a con artist … Continue reading →