The Secret Loves of Geek Girls

This anthology about geeky girls and geeky dates, with contributors including everyone from Margaret Atwood to Marguerite Bennett, is pretty dang good. My essay, Popping the Heat Sink: When Video Game Love Becomes True Love, is illustrated by Selena Goulding and is not about what you think it’s about.

Reviews:

“[E]ach [essay] is fervently heartfelt—and it is this honesty that transports the volume’s narrow focus from merely niche to truly moving. This is chronicle of outsider adolescence, middle-aged splendor, and childhood melancholy; this is a book that is as chuckle-worthy as it is introspective.” — Publisher’s Weekly

“I don’t think I’ve ever come across a book that I’ve found as utterly relatable as The Secret Loves of Geek Girls.” — Sam Wildman, Nerdophiles