Podfic Meta

Last year at wiscon I outlined a story for the imaginary books panel. In short, the idea was that a group of western feminists decide they are Sick and Tired of war in Western Asia and decide to call upon the ancient goddesses to Fix It Already. They invoke Sekmet and Ishtar and Anat (those three chosen because I know a little bit about each of them off the top of my head, mostly from reading placards in museums, so my knowledge is questionable at best), who of course, proceed to wreak havoc on the earth. Horrors ensue and eventually a cult of Egyptian priestess who have preserved the old religions across centuries of religious imperialism find a way to send the goddesses away. The audience loved it. Loved it so much, in fact, that more than a year later I was asked, again, when I'm going to finish writing it. Note the verb there: finish writing it.

I'm not going to write this story. I can't write this story. I'm too Christian and too westernized to be able to write someone else's goddesses without being horribly offensive. If done right, this plot should be offensive to Christians. That's fine by me; we need our feelings hurt more often, in my opinion, and I will cheerfully read or view or listen to art that is hostile to my beliefs. I can't produce it though.

So, here's the idea, released into the wild. I hope someone will write it.

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Today my boss distributed factory rejected samples of bare silicon from our last project. They're so shiny and pretty! I'm going to mount mine, along with the packaged version, and hang it on my wall. I can't actually see the module I worked on with the naked eye, even though it's relatively huge -- a whole millimeter across.

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Farm share starts this week, which means a return of Iron Chef - CSA blogging.