October 1, 2020
While I’d intended to brace everyone sooner, it’s probably just as well to rip the bandage off. Starting today, October 1st, 2020, Speculative Chic is going on an indefinite hiatus. Why? You may have noticed some of your favorite writers fading to the background and not posting any new content. And the truth is, 2020 has been a challenging year.…
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December 25, 2019
In the Western world, it’s Christmas Day, and whatever you celebrate, we’d like to wish you all a very wonderful holiday season! We’re taking the day off here at Speculative Chic, but we’re leaving you in good hands. I mean, seriously, how can you not be in good hands?
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November 11, 2019
This is a hard post to write. Earlier this year, Sandra Kasturi of ChiZine Publications reached out to me with a wicked cool idea: a daily post in October that would feature a horror movie paired with a cocktail. The idea was right up my alley, so she and I began making plans to pull off the ambitious project. I…
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October 16, 2018
Hello, Gentle Readers! If you’re subscribed with us, you may have noticed some confusion this morning in your inbox. We are very sorry. Someone (me) forgot to feed the dragon, and when that happens, she gets revenge by wreaking havoc upon the site. We are in the process of fixing the mess (and feeding the dragon), so bear with us.…
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February 21, 2018
Speculative Chic has been kicking around for a year and a half, if you can believe it, and during that time, we’ve established quite a regular schedule. We started with one post per day save for weekends, and now the only day we don’t publish is Sunday; often, we have two posts per day. Which means the blog has reached…
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December 25, 2017
Happy Monday! In lieu of our weekly My Favorite Things column, we here at Speculative Chic are taking a break for the holiday. We know not everyone celebrates Christmas, but whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, winter solstice, Hogswatch, or something else entirely, we wish you the happiest of happys! In fact, instead of someone else telling you what their favorites…
Read More » June 1, 2017
It may seem hard to believe, but Speculative Chic is coming up on its first year anniversary! We launched officially on July 27th, 2016, but we started publishing our weekday content in earnest starting on August 1st. With that in mind, as Editor-in-Chic, I thought it would be an excellent time to sit back and take a look at what…
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July 27, 2016
Once upon a time, I was a book blogger. Mostly, I bought the books that I reviewed on my site, and I created a fabulous community of readers and fellow book bloggers. That community and connectivity was something I missed deeply when I closed up shop in 2013. I had nurtured a pipe dream of a group of us book…
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