Do you believe in past lives? I do. Since everything but pure maths and music is a story, I decided a long time ago to believe whatever pleases me, and the idea of past lives pleases me greatly. Every time I look at Fan Ho’s work I feel like I’m looking at a memory. PajamaContinueContinue reading “Time travel with Fan Ho”
Author Archives: Tanya Meeson
The Fulcrum / An extract
So last week I heard that The Fulcrum is a finalist in the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards. Hurrah! Now I can put gold stickers on all my copies, which, if you know me, is really like winning an Oscar. In honour of this event, I’m posting an extract that links to the cover of TheContinueContinue reading “The Fulcrum / An extract”
Jealousy, social media, and the ever-expanding 4th skin
Petty competitive jealousy is a mean-spirited little imp I have yet to fully master. It’s better these days, as I get older and at least wiser than my younger self, but it still loves to crawl out of the dark occasionally and squat on my shoulder, whispering churlish opinions into my ear, blackening my thoughtsContinueContinue reading “Jealousy, social media, and the ever-expanding 4th skin”
Okay but don’t tell anyone yet
A few weeks ago before Comic Con I got an email from Alan the store manager at Exclusive Books Waterfront saying they were going to stock my book at the event and would I like to do signings at the stand (nice idea but unworkable in reality since, on the day I was there, aContinueContinue reading “Okay but don’t tell anyone yet”
From the clitoris to menopause, the uncovering and recovering of pleasure
I’d like to start talking about perimenopause by first talking about the clitoris. I don’t mean ‘just’ the little sticky-out bit that’s been the target of countless lame jokes if not the attentions of well-meaning men. I mean the entire internal pleasure-dome structure of it that dominates the female sex organs. A structure that wasContinueContinue reading “From the clitoris to menopause, the uncovering and recovering of pleasure”