So, Andrea Johnson would like to have a drink with Aryel Morningstar. Well, who wouldn’t? Although, as Andrea will discover when she reads Binary, it’ll take more than a couple of pints to persuade Aryel to talk about her childhood …

Speaking of Binary, it’s been a grand week for reviews. Upcoming4.me called it ‘an even better book than Gemsigns’; Jasper de Joode of The Book Plank agrees, and says it has ‘Great characters and a superb storyline that will make you stop and wonder.’ Cheryl Morgan’s review is typically thoughtful and nuanced, and very complimentary; I was particularly pleased that she found the ‘characters [are] all the more heroic for being so very human’. And according to Joanne Hall, ‘Binary is fast, witty, technically adept, with a warm heart beating through it’. (I should reiterate that I’m not only linking good reviews; everything I’m aware of is posted under the menu tab above. It’s just that so far they’ve all been good!)

Back to the delightful image of Andrea and Aryel shooting the breeze over a beer: I was reading SF Signal’s MIND MELD posts because I’ve been asked to participate, so look out for me popping up there to talk about a life-changing book sometime in the next week or so. I’ve also written an essay on damaging narratives for Fantasy Cafe’s Women in SF&F month, which I’m told will be posted on 19th April. My contribution to the Special Needs in Strange Worlds column on SF Signal is likely to go up on 6th May. And I’ve been opining on superpowers and social media, as well as doing a couple of interviews, all of which will appear online in the next few weeks, and will be linked under Press + Posts above.

I, of course, will be away at Eastercon next weekend; I’ll tweet from the con if possible, and as usual will report on the experience when I get back. Oh, and look out for another cool announcement coming soon …