So, I haven’t quite started bulking up my Con appearances yet– I’ll save that more for the back end of 2014, and expect to see me attending several in 2015, […]
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Path to Publication, Part VIII: The Art of Patience
This process involves a lot of waiting. And doing more while waiting. The waiting is not a bug, it’s a feature. The slowness of the industry gives you time to […]
Read moreWorldCon: AfterReport Proper
All right, now my brain has properly recovered, I can write about the weekend. For me, WorldCon didn’t start until Friday night. Circumstances kept us from leaving Austin for San […]
Read moreWorldCon Bound and other milestones
WorldCon / LoneStarCon starts today. I won’t be going down until tomorrow afternoon, unfortunately, but I’m very excited. A little nervous, as this is my first “big” con, but I […]
Read moreConventions and Harassment
If you’ve been paying to the SFF Writer/Fan blogosphere of late, you’re aware that sexual harassment has become a topic of discussion. Again. Because the people who pull this shit […]
Read moreHugo Nominations: Best Novelette
Continuing with my opinions on the Hugo Nominees, the Best Novelette nominees are: “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Postscripts: Unfit For Eden, PS Publications) “Fade […]
Read moreNominating the Hugos
Since I’m attending LoneStarCon this summer, I’m eligible to nominate for the Hugos. The deadline for nomination is this Sunday, and I’m still on the fence of whether or not […]
Read moreSci-fi and Fantasy, Loud and Proud
Over the weekend I read this blog post by Matt Debenham on What Writers Can Learn from Purple Rain, and it’s brilliant. And not just because Purple Rain may be […]
Read moreArmadilloCon After Report
So now, it’s all over. I’m still not recovered yet, so some of this may be incoherent. Friday we first had the Writers’ Workshop, which went very well. From the […]
Read moreScrambling Together on my End
ArmadilloCon starts tomorrow, so I’m under the hammer getting myself ready. So, since my brain is already approaching a tapioca-like state, here are some of the other panels which I […]
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