by Joan Grey | Feb 4, 2026
Is Speech Action? Something I’ve noticed, in fiction (and in real life, but I’m far less willing to comment on how people arrange their actual in-person relationships), is that things seem unbalanced. How often have you read a story – usually a romance –...
by Joan Grey | Oct 31, 2025
Cozy is all over, right now. Everything is cozy. (I’m not complaining, but it’s interesting to see.) Cozy is often called a genre, or a sub-genre, though it’s one which seems hard to define. There are a few common ideas: small scale conflict (or no conflicts at all)...
by joangrey | Jul 17, 2025
Empty Fridges of my Past Joan Grey *** It’s odd, thinking about how my life as a child has affected who I am as an adult. That sounds silly, when I look at it on the screen — of course my childhood affected me. DUH. But, what I mean is less about the directly obvious...
