Carlie St. George

Say three positive things about your writing.

1) 2nd Person POV? I've got it.

2) Pretty good at being both funny and depressing, all at the same time.

3) If you want a surreal dream sequence, I'm your girl! (Not enough people want that, unfortunately, but I persist in writing them!)

Your turn.

Drop an old person that you’re going to turn into in the future.

Works for me.

I'm a little burnt out on Star Wars these days, but my ass will show up on opening night if they make Star Wars: The Last Temptation of Christ.

Clarion West Write-a-Thon Reward Review DOUBLE FEATURE: Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory It’s time to return to our Write-a-Thon Reward Reviews! Today’s donor is my buddy Andy, who requested the not exactly critically beloved Under Siege: Dark Territory, which I’d nev…

Clarion West Write-a-Thon Reward Reviews return, this time with a double-feature: Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.

In which I talk about secret space weapons and gloriously hammy villains and am also just relentlessly mean to notable terrible person Steven Seagal.

it has been said over and over but it’s worth reiterating in the face of this horrifying decision: RFK is quite literally joining the war on cancer on the side of cancer

I've never been so disappointed to look up a couple and see they were still together. Perhaps with time.

8/5/2025: Querying Begins, The Amazing Race, and A Distinct Lack of a Heat Wave This has been a weird ass July, specifically in terms of temperature. While other states and countries have had record heatwaves, my little section of Northern California has been having the mildes…

My monthly In Lieu of a Newsletter, in which I talk about some books that I'm reading, some shows that I'm watching, a bit of cosplay that I'm working on, and of course, beginning to query literary agents again. 😱

Just got home, melted into my front door, and chanted, "I'm free, I'm free, I'm free," which is definitely a normal reaction to getting off work. (And, admittedly, after a 4 hour training session. Still. I'M NEVER GOING BACK TO THAT PLACE.)

Every day I go on Bluesky, and I scroll until I see something so goddamn horrific that I'm like, "Nope, need a break from this bullshit reality," and I go do literally anything else. Most often, this is caused by Republican fuckery, of course, but today's breaking point was definitely Jim Acosta.

Jim Acosta on Bluesky: I'll have a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting. But his parents created an AI version of their son for a powerful message on gun violence."

What, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK???!!!!!????

Do I sleep today so I can be awake for work tonight and just hope I don't get called in for jury duty, or do I sleep the minimum amount today so I can actually fall asleep tonight and just hope I don't have to work: The NOC Shift Story

Rare political post:

The fact that Schumer sees this as an asset says everything you need to know about why the Democrats lose.

THE DOLLS!!! 🖤😍

two police officers are standing next to each other in a police station talking to each other . Alt: Peralta saying "WHAAAAT?!" to Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

When Goodreads actually manages, for the very first time, to recommend a book that you're actually interested in.

Such a cool story set in one of the world’s best food cities deserves a special dish!

THE USUAL SUSPECTS SKEWER

étouffée gravy tossed chicken wing lollipops with Viet Cajun garlic butter shrimp and sour orange eel skewered on the shaved bone, served on a bed of red beans and rice.

Okay, this is great, but also ... when Samuel L. Jackson turned his back on the water to give a rousing speech, I admit, I was a little afraid for him. 🦈

Currently reading and enjoying Bad Law by Elie Mystal. It came out 3 or 4 months ago. Got to this line:

"Consider this: whenever it is that you are reading this, a mass shooting occurred a few days ago."

And that hit because ... it's true. It's always true.

a man in a captain america costume is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and talking . Alt: Captain America "I do! I understood that reference" GIF from The Avengers (2012)

Made me laugh, TBH. 😂

Clarion West Write-a-Thon Reward Review: KPop Demon Hunters So, the 2025 Clarion West Write-a-Thon is officially over. I’ll talk more about it next week in my What I Did Over Summer Break During July post, but I’m bringing it up now because—per …

For the Clarion West Write-a-Thon, I promised movie reviews in return for donations, and the review for Film No. 1, KPop Demon Hunters, is now up.

Spoiler alert: I agreed with basically everyone else in the world.

(@alychelms.bsky.social, this may be relevant to you.)

I would watch the shit out of A Memory Called Empire show.

A black kitten looks out the window while resting his head on top of a buff-colored kitten's head. The buff-colored kitten is looking at the camera.

The boys are two now, but this is one of my favorite pictures of them from when they were kittens.

Ooh, that one's hard. Offhand, I'd say it's a toss up between "Mama" and "I Never Told You What I Do For a Living."

I never thought to see something like this in my lifetime, what a profound joy

YouTube video by mujobrod Push. Push hard. Dig it in there...Mr. Spock

Final Star Trek opinion:

Sometimes when people say 'there is no heterosexual explanation for this," I maybe secretly sigh in ace and think, "IDK, do you not have friends?"

But I will admit, if TOS didn't want us to ship Kirk/Spock, I am ... a bit at a loss when it comes to this scene. 😂

While the studio audience – and many viewers - clearly agreed with the eloquent sentiment, the show’s bosses did not. Now it looks like Colbert may not even make it to the end of the series next year, as, according to journalist Rob Shuter, there have been words had with Colbert, and they have come “very close” to pulling him off-air. After reportedly calling a emergency meeting the morning after Cobert’s show aired, two senior executives reportedly said: “He's daring us to fire him. And honestly? We’re close to doing it. He’s been warned. What he said was unacceptable. There are real consequences this time.”

Supposedly after pretending it was about money they're just openly talking in meetings about how they'll trash contracts and fire comedians for the absolutely unprescedented act of... making fun of the president on a late night talk show.

Dictator shit.

I ... also think Khan is about as overplayed as the Borg at this point, though. 😬

No. Or at least, I think Khan is legendary because of two things: 1. Montalban's sheer charisma, and 2. Spock's death in TWoK, which—while temporary—still feels Big because of the "needs of the many" scene. 💔

But IMO, Khan as an actual character? Isn't actually that interesting and never has been.